Tag: workplace performance
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When to Counsel and When to Coach: The Art of Leadership
Leadership is an intricate dance between guiding and empowering, a balance of counseling and coaching. Understanding when to offer validation and praise as opposed to instructive criticism is key to effective leadership. Here, we explore how leaders can discern between these two critical approaches and apply them effectively. Counseling: The Power of Validation and Praise…
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For the Love… Stop Sending Email Attachments
We all get them, you know, the email attachment. “Oh, wait, that is an older version of the template. Let me email you the latest version.” Agg.ra.vat.ing. People! Have you heard of Google Drive or One Drive? This isn’t even a generational problem. It’s an indiscriminate pandemic. My experience has been that from my teenage…
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It is Better to be Trusted Than to be Loved
So, a while back, during a particularly challenging conversation with my teenage kid, I heard myself say “There isn’t anything you could think, say, or do that would change how I feel about you. I love you. But whether or not I can trust you is up to you.” After that interaction I questioned whether…
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