Posts Tagged ‘communication’
Leading with Questions!
Leaders ask questions. Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. Robert Half Leading with Questions! Good communication skills are essential to effective leadership. Leadership communication is more than setting direction and inspiring others through one’s words, however. It is equally about asking the right questions of knowledgeable people to…
Read MoreFour Leadership Lessons From The Emperor’s New Clothes
Childhood is full of stories that are passed down from one generation to another. These stories often allow adults to both coax their high-energy kids to go to sleep while also teaching some life lesson. Like most children, I loved to hear these stories (even if I did not always get the life lesson). There was that…
Read MoreFind Your Four Voices For Decision Making and Innovative Problem Solving
An Early Management Lesson One of the best lessons I learned as a new business manager in my early twenties was that I did not have to possess all of the answers to make the right decisions about how to meet our workplace objectives. This lesson didn’t come easy. In fact, I had to fall…
Read MoreUnderstanding Group Dynamics
Every group has its rules on behavior and they’re often unwritten. Communication practices provide clues however.
Read MoreHow Challenging Financial Times Affect Employee/Manager Relations?
What Happens to Employee/Manager Relations During Challenging Financial Times The answer to this question is: It Depends! Based on management’s actions, relations can become worse or they can become better. A good way to understand this dynamic is to look back at the 2009 Great Recession. A classic ethics and workplace survey by Deloitte LLP…
Read MoreLeading Change (Step 4) – Communicate the Change Vision
Effective communication is critical to change. Leaders need a specialized change vision message.
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