If you’ve ever questioned your leadership skills, good! It just means you’re paying attention. Faithfully applying “rules to live by” can help guide us as leaders, but rising above the harried, complicated, and nuanced work-a-day world demands extra. Leadership involves people, which is code for one size doesn’t fit all. [...]
Every day is a good day to be kind, but just in case you need to mark your calendar: February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day! Ready or not, there’s never a bad time to be kind. Aesop said it best more than 2,000 years ago: “No act [...]
When it comes to tending to your soft skills, it pays to make it a never-ending quest. As just about every life coach once said, “if you’re not moving forward, you’re falling behind.” The hard facts about soft skills are how they impact job performance and your prospects as a [...]
Summer is barely behind us, but let’s say it now: can 2020 be done already? Every time we turn around, it’s as if we’re hit by something new. When it comes to stepping up to overcome obstacles, our new normal is “now what?” If these past six months have taught [...]
Quarantines, cancellations, and work-from-home policies have meant a dramatic shift to video and chat apps to help maintain business as usual. Whether you’re on Zoom, Skype, Slack, or Google Hangouts, there’s no better time to re-think how to optimize the remote interactive experience with these seven strategies: 1. Prevent silence [...]
As we’ve learned in the last few months because of COVID-19, we don’t always get to choose our circumstances. But we do get to figure out how we respond. Pivoting to a work-from-home routine—whether planned in advance or under the duress of a global health concern—should have everyone thinking about [...]
