“I’m not sure he really believes in this.” The project manager was frustrated because he felt like his boss was just giving lip service to his initiative. Have you ever been in a situation where you’re passionate about something, yet you wonder if the people around you are just.
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Are you a manager or a leader? One way to quickly identify where someone sits on the manager leader spectrum is to look at their language. The language of a manager is task–oriented. It’s about what needs to be done today, and how to do it. A leader’s language.
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Have you ever walked into a meeting, looked around the table and immediately known who was in charge? It’s not their seat placement; it’s their presence. The best leaders exude an espirit de corps that sets them apart. Suzanne Bates, CEO of Bates Communications says, “For years, executive presence.
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Viktor Frankl once said: It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness. As humans, we tend to pursue outcomes. Yet often what we really desire is experiences that create more nuanced feelings. For example, a client of mine set a goal to take a trip to Paris.
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Do you ask your friends or clients for favors? This subject came up in a discussion with a group of consultants. The specific question was: Is it appropriate to ask a client (or someone you know) about job openings for a colleague? The perception was that by asking someone.
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Professionalism often translates to lack of emotion. On the surface, it might not seem like being a professional would require you to stuff your emotions. Yet that’s exactly what many work cultures unconsciously promote. The crisis of disengaged employees (over 55% of people) reveals that many people feel dead.
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Most people don’t like to negotiate. But almost everyone wants to be a better negotiator, if for no other reason, than people don’t want to overpay for a car or a consulting contract. We tend to talk about negotiating as it pertains to business deals, but anyone who has.
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What kinds of questions are driving your life? Are they beautiful questions, or exhausting questions? The poet and consultant Libby Wagner, who specializes in leadership language says, “A beautiful question by nature is expansive rather than restrictive.” Wagnerwho draws upon the work of the late Irish poet, John O’Donahue.
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Remember when everyone said email was going to save us so much time? How’s that working out for you? Progress comes with its price. The printing press spawned junk mail. Alexander Graham Bell’s fabulous phone begat tele-marketers. Now, thanks to the accessibility of the web, people have gone trigger.
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I lost my Dad, Jay Earle, last week after a 6-month battle with cancer. Regular readers know my father’s stories: The skinny 1950s teen who played sax in a dance band with Warren Beatty, the 18-year-old who became a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy by volunteering for dirty jobs,.
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