Tag: leader

My brother-in-law recently got a job in retail sales of satellite TV.  Here’s a psychological trick he was taught – ask the nice young...

How can we ensure that our teams innovate and stay competitive? Fostering innovation, much like creativity and productivity, depends largely on the environment. Countless startups...

Fresh ideas and new perspectives are the lifeblood of great work. But what happens when inspiration routinely comes from the same place – people...

Accountability is a tough term.  What do you think of when you hear the word?   Perhaps belittling, finger wagging, or being watched?  Thesaurus.com’s first...

From time to time, it's our job as managers to deliver eye-opening feedback to our team. To be fully effective, we need to be...

In researching what makes successful teams, Google’s “Project Aristotle” found psychological safety was key.  A group norm that supports psychological safety is  “equality in...

On their way to winning their first World Series in more than a century, the Chicago Cubs did something unusual: They changed the shape...

With the unemployment rate so low these days – here in Denver we’re down to 2.7% – organizations are getting nervous about losing their...

"I'm just not a people person." "I hate this touchy-feely crap." "See that!  I'm a 'C' on the DiSC assessment this just doesn't come naturally to...