The goal of every project manager is to deliver successful projects on time and within budget. But with mounting responsibilities and increasingly complex projects, it can be hard to manage every detail yourself while also managing the strategic oversight of the project. And for many of us who grow in leadership and responsibility, we quickly […]
One of the most crucial skills we can develop as leaders is the ability to have difficult discussions with compassion and directness. Do you tell that team member that they are underperforming or do you drop hints and compliment others who do terrific work and hope they catch on? I can think of a time […]
In principal negotiation, we would never lie And we don’t want to work with someone who lies And we talk about being soft on the people, but hard on the problem This approach is all about how can we negotiate, solve a problem, reach an agreement, and not wind up with anger and frustration and […]
We do a lot of negotiating, absolutely And if we’re not careful with how we negotiate, people will not work with us again. I would like to say that most of us, most of us want at the end of a negotiation, for the relationships to be good and for people to want to continue […]
I remember once my boss sent me to a class on negotiation I thought, “Okay, awesome, I get to go to a class for a couple of days and it counts towards my professional development.” But I really didn’t understand why I was going into negotiation class because I didn’t work in procurement I didn’t […]
Your team members like you? Nice. What you really want is their respect. So your associates hold you in high esteem? That’s commendable. However, it’s their respect that you should be striving for. #ProfessionalGrowth #WorkplaceRespect #shorts
How do your colleagues describe you as leader? How do YOU want them to describe you? How would your coworkers characterize you as a leader? How do you aspire for them to depict you? Strive for how your team perceives your leadership style and consider the qualities you want to embody. Aim for a positive […]
Here is a simple scenario to help you understand your conflict resolution mode. If you’re not able to take the full Thomas Keller instrument or TKI, here is a scenario to help you identify your conflict resolution mode. You are a project manager. You and another project manager both need the same subject matter expert, […]
The way I present it, Emotional Intelligence, is something positive. Leaders who have high emotional intelligence definitely do better than leaders who do not. I present it in terms of somebody who is self-aware and has self-control, exhibiting what we would call positive behaviors. One day I was doing a talk for one of the […]
Dear Team, I wanted to address a topic that one of you brought up recently, which was concerning the experience of working under a supervisor who does not call out inappropriate behavior. It’s an unfortunate situation that does occur occasionally. There could be several reasons for this, such as the supervisor may not perceive the […]