Communication
The simplest tool for empathetic leadership: Don’t ask why.
“Why” is a way to get answers, but it’s also an accusatory, aggressive question to ask. Empathetic leaders don’t ask why. Here’s why.
Leadership
The best leaders understand motivation. Push, pull, self-propel, or drift. Yes to all of it.
Leaders need to understand the four basic types of motivation and how they can exploit them all to get their teams moving forward.
Leadership
Celebrating milestones: an important leadership practice
I’m celebrating milestones today. It’s important for a person, and it’s especially important for leaders. We don’t pause to celebrate milestones often enough.
Life
Someday is not a date on the calendar. Three traps keeping you from achieving your dream.
You have a dream. Someday you’ll do it. But you never quite make progress. Here are three traps that may be keeping you from achieving that dream.
Leadership
Lead your team to a consensus, not conflict
Getting people to consensus, not conflict, relies on sticking to the basics of leadership. Meetings that devolve into opinion free-for-alls serve no one.
Career
Are my values holding me back? Am I sabotaging myself?
Business trends seem to be focused on dehumanizing interactions. I want to be someone that people want to work with. It’s core to who I am. But am I sabotaging myself?
Uncategorized
Have a dream? Here are red flags and green flags to look for when hiring people to help you achieve it.
If you have a dream, some charlatan sees you as a good mark. Here are red flags and green flags to help you tell the quality service providers from the liars and cheats.
Burnout
Have trouble saying no? You’re not just hurting yourself. Protect your yeses.
If you’re exhausted and overwhelmed, it may not be time management tools you need. You may just have trouble saying no and need to protect your yeses better.
Peter's Progress
Why we should all give testimonials and reviews.
People say they don’t do it for the recognition, but we all love testimonials and reviews. So go give someone a review or testimonial today!
Courage
Maybe you’re just human. We’re all just human.
Those emotions you feel? They may not be unusual. You’re just human, after all. That should be a relief. Here’s why.