How to create clarity, direction, and momentum through effective one-on-one conversations. This is where strategy meets execution — expectations get aligned, issues surface early, and positive reinforcement encourages people to reach even ambitious goals.
Everybody negotiates. Avoid these three negotiating mistakes. We negotiate the big stuff, like salaries and contracts, and we negotiate the little stuff, curfews and who will do the dishes. From my years as an entrepreneur and my coach training, I’ve honed my negotiating skills. I’m not supposed to make negotiating mistakes, but it happened to me recently. In the end, even though I got what I wanted, the whole process left me feeling that I was in the wrong. My…
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No one wants to give negative feedback, and you don’t have to. Instead try positive feedback, coaching, and counseling.
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News quiz: Who is publicly advocating for private investors to balance their investment returns with “the prosperity and security of their fellow citizens”? If you answered BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, the head of one of Wall Street’s flagship firms, you were right. But if you didn’t know, you might be tempted to answer Bernie Sanders or someone from Occupy Wall Street. As head of one of Wall Street’s flagship firms, Larry Fink made more than one headline by focusing his…
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Companies that develop and retain superior employees are making more money with fewer employees.
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I feel sorry for this guy. Not because his car is jacked up–it’s a commercial after all–but because, as an actor, he has the same script as a 16-year-old girl getting surprised with a car for her birthday. His job is to make us feel sorry for him, but the words are not going to get him there. He only has tone to do it. The commercial is effective because he and the girl get the tone right. There is…
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An astounding number of managers and business leaders, 67% of them, report being uncomfortable communicating with their employees. That discomfort is about half attributable to the difficulty of delivering tough messages to employees, from feedback to company initiatives. It also includes a fair share of people who find it difficult to communicate even good news to employees. It’s difficult for many bosses to even deliver positive feedback like crediting others with good ideas (16%) or praising employees for their achievements…
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