By Jeffrey, on January 26th, 2012
Managers undermine their integrity in following a “don’t tell them” strategy.
The topic in my leading change class today was integrity and its impact on a leader’s ability to effect change. Integrity was defined as honoring your word and doing what you said you would do by when you said you would do it and if
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By Jeffrey, on September 21st, 2011
Why is there such a high failure rate among projects? One reason is that there is a gap in the soft skills of project managers. Although project managers are well trained in the technical “hard” skills of risk assessment, project planning, etc., little attention is given to interpersonal or people skills – the so called
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By Jeffrey, on July 6th, 2011
Did you know that there are two kinds of talk in an organization? One kind of talk is the kind that is needed to get things done. We call this “productive talk”. Productive talk is needed for people to know what they are working on and why, understand what they need to
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By Jeffrey, on May 12th, 2010
How often have you heard (or made) one of the following complaints (or some variation thereof):
We have a real communication problem here.
They don’t tell us anything, and when they do tell us, it’s not much.
They never give us enough information.
The absence or inadequacy of communication is one of the most frequently voiced complaints in the
Continue reading Effective Workplace Communication Requires Using the Right Conversation
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