Pent up – What to do with Irrational Feedback
We all need a way to deal with irrational feedback. First, you need to determine if the feedback is, in fact, irrational. Sometimes the feedback we categorize as irrational is actually just…
The Middle Manager’s Guide to Middle Management: Books
Managers account for 70% of variance in employee engagement scores. Gallup, 2014 Why Great Managers Are So Rare It’s daunting for a leader to think that most of their employees leave because…
War Time vs. Peace Time – Preparing for Implementation Role Change
In the last episode of Band of Brothers, a mini-series following the US 101st Airborne Division during World War 2, the troops from Easy Company – who have been through hell and…
The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side – Unless You Are a Fish
“The grass is always greener” is a common phrase leveraged to combat employees fleeing a company. Often, that phrase is used to help employees understand that they may have an inflated perception…
Book Review: Changing the Conversation
With an MS in Conflict Studies and Mediation, Dana Caspersen knows conflict. In the book, Changing the Conversation – she starts with 17 principles and anti-principles that help break down conflict into…
When Lean is Too Lean
There is a meme circling Twitter right now where Executives believe that Agile = Waterfall but with daily meetings. In Corporate America, “Agile” and “Lean” have often been misused to push projects…
When Receiving Feedback, Humanize – Don’t Personalize
You probably think that’s a ridiculous title: When receiving Feedback, Humanize – don’t personalize. But, of course, you will personalize feedback; that’s the whole point of feedback. And I agree with that….
Organizational Change Potential – A Realistic Workplan
Part 5 of 5: Continued from a Previous post There are four common areas to address when preparing to implement change in your organization: Let’s talk about a Realistic Workplan. What does…