Getting a Seat at the Table No doubt you attend more meetings than you probably care to. And no doubt, many of those meetings aren’t always the best use of your time. So, to suggest that there are some meetings that you’d actually want to attend must seem pretty absurd. But it’s not. Types of …
Prodrome Management The main water main under my street burst, this week. After calling Public Works (I was the first person to contact them) their trucks and backhoe and workers arrived in literally minutes. All told, it took less than 3 hours to turn off the water, dig the hole, patch the leak, fill the …
Why Don’t Leaders Already Know These Things?! The Good News is that there are a near-infinite ways to do leadership well. The Bad News, there are even more ways to do it poorly!! To help simplify things, a bit, here are five of my favorite themes for helping people become more compelling, effective leaders: 1. …
Creating More Platinum Moments A very interesting email hit my inbox, not long ago, in the form of two little quizzes prompted by what was called Charles Schultz’ Philosophy. Schultz, of course, was the creator of the incredibly popular and long-lasting Peanuts cartoon strip. Let me share the quizzes with you. Quiz #1 Name the …
Impact Competencies Ever been in a meeting where you raised what you thought was a really powerful objection to something and everyone else in the room roundly dismissed it as off-point? Ever been in a meeting where someone else raised what you thought was a totally irrelevant objection to something and everyone else in the …
Are You Leaving Thousands On The Negotiating Table By Never Even Getting To The Negotiating Table? Finding job openings can be difficult. Getting an interview can be even more so. But assuming you do, how you make it through all that – and get an offer – how you negotiate your compensation doesn’t have to …
