Every September 11th, something shifts in the room for a lot of people, even those who rarely talk about it. As a leader, you will not always know who is carrying what, and that uncertainty is part of the job. Maybe someone on your team lost a family member that day, or maybe they were […]
Most managers do not dread giving feedback because they lack something to say. They dread it because they have experienced a well-intentioned conversation slide into defensiveness, silence, or a vague agreement that changes nothing, and they are not entirely sure how it happened. This often leads to discontent, a lack of productivity, or worse, a […]
“Silly sentence, silly sentence, silly sentence” Say it three times quickly… Most of us have been told at some point, in a presentation skills class or a vocal training session, to say some similarly inane phrase on repeat! It always felt like a slightly embarrassing icebreaker rather than something with a real purpose behind it. […]
You have probably said “I had a gut feeling about it” or “butterflies in my tummy” or “sick to my stomach”, without thinking twice about where those expressions actually come from. It turns out these phrases are closer to literal biology than most of us realize, and a wave of recent research is giving us […]
Five questions, about three minutes, and a quick read on how you actually make decisions versus how you think you make them. For each question, pick the answer that is closest to your honest first reaction rather than the one that sounds best. 1. When you are facing a decision with real stakes, what happens […]
by Lisa Peers | Peers and Players Why courageous conversations matter: Have you ever come away from a conversation with the satisfying feeling that you co-created an experience, that you learned a little more about someone, that your message was received, and you had a clear path forward? That’s how it should feel, even if […]
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