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Category Archives: Mistakes
4 Simple Phrases That Can Save Your Marriage
I had a recent conversation with an individual who was lamenting the challenges of dealing with his sometimes volatile “significant other.” It sounded to me like a problem that is not uncommon in close relationships. “I just don’t know what … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Caring, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Consideration, Customer Service, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Encouragement, Humility, Influence, Mistakes, Morale, Neuroscience, Point of View, Problem-Solving, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Stress, Stress Management, Uncategorized
Tagged Caring, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Problem-Solving, Relationships, Support
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Never Blindside Your Boss
“Managing up” –and doing it well—is essential to any success in organizational life. In this article I want to add another important piece to this very important puzzle. In his excellent book, How to Become CEO, author Jeffrey Fox advises: … Continue reading
Posted in Advancement, Ambition, Authority, Career, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Credibility, Failure, Honesty, Influence, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Management, Mistakes, Organizational Politics, Personal Success, Promotion, Success, Support, Trust, Uncategorized
Tagged Advancement, Boss, Career Success, Collaboration, Communication, Credibility, Leadership, Loyalty, Management, Organizational Politics, Promotion, Trust
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Building a Confident Team
One thing I have learned (and seen up close!) is that there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance! How do you avoid the odious sham of arrogance and in its place, develop actual, genuine CONFIDENCE—for yourself, and especially, … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Competence, Creativity, Credibility, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Encouragement, Failure, Innovation, Integrity, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mistakes, Morale, Resilience, Risk, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Trust, Uncategorized
Tagged Accountability, Collaboration, Failure, Initiative, Leadership, learning, Management, Mistakes, Resilience, Risk, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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When you DELEGATE, you gotta COMMUNICATE!
This post was prompted by a number of questions raised by managers and supervisors in my management training seminars. It brought a very common management blunder to the surface, and I realized it was something that needed to be addressed … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Delegation, Leadership, Management, Mistakes, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Assignments, Authority, Communication, Delegation, Leadership, Management, Supervision, Team Leadership
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Learn From Failure
The April 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review is a theme issue on the topic of Failure and is a treasure trove of wonderful articles and keen insights. I highly recommend it! One of the gems is an article by … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Character, Competence, Decision-making, Failure, Honesty, Innovation, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mistakes, Personal Success, Problem-Solving, Professional Development, Risk, Success, Uncategorized
Tagged Failure, Innovation, Leadership, learning, Management, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Risk, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Risk-Taking, success
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Address Failure Ruthlessly
I’ve written about failure and mistakes before. (I’m happy to do so—to provide helpful concepts and tools that will help ANY LEADER address and manage failure effectively and professionally!) Recent events in Afghanistan have prompted me to revisit this important … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Character, Competence, Control, Decision-making, Failure, Honesty, Integrity, Leadership, Management, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Risk, Staffing, Supervision, Termination, Trust, Uncategorized, Values
Tagged Failure, Honesty, Integrity, Leadership, Management, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Supervision
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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #21
Practice Fu Pan. This advice is a perfect follow-up to my last blogpost. It comes from LENOVO founder Liu Chuanzhi, who referred to it in an interview published in FastCompany Magazine. LENOVO is the Chinese company that purchased IBM’s PC … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Decision-making, Events, Failure, Innovation, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Success, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Work
Tagged Agility, Decision-making, Failure, learning, Management, Problem-Solving, success, Team Culture, Team Development, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #20
Learn from mistakes and listen to feedback. This issue’s great advice comes from Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP. This is what he recommends, if you want to make better decisions! Sorrell speaks to the realities that executives face in … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, Innovation, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mistakes, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Problem-Solving, Professional Development, Risk, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Collaboration, Communication, Decision-making, Experimentation, Failure, Feedback, Insight, Intuition, Judgment, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Risk-Taking, success
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