I had lunch recently with a woman who is starting to hate her job. She drives to work dreading the day and by 10 AM she’s plotting her escape. By Wednesday noon, she looks forward to Friday and every Sunday evening her anxiety level bubbles up because Monday’s coming all too soon. The truly sad part...
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A manager approached me this week after a work session to seek my advice on how she should address one of her employees. This employee is increasingly becoming Trouble (with a tall T). He is more often than not selecting which projects (and which elements of each project) he will work on. When the...
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It happened again. As I started a work session with a client group recently, I asked them to bring me up to speed on what’s been happening with their company since our last session. Several managers shared positive updates to projects that supported their strategic plan. Then the CEO commended the managers for their...
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No matter how many times you tell your team, “We’re going to change.” “We’re going to become more efficient and do things differently around here,’” they’re not going to believe you. They also know that by “We” you really mean them. As a leader, if you expect others to change, you need to change...
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