The most important thing you can do for your career growth only happens when you find ways to learn new skills. At the senior levels, these are mostly subtle, and rather than requiring a class, they force you to step out of your comfort zone. Even though this is a cliche, it's not so easy. Today's article focuses on 3 tools to help: 1) Commit to being uncomfortable, 2) practice new skills, 3) create opportunities.
High-stakes conversations are a fact of life at the executive level. If you are strategic about them, you will be more likely to influence the outcome for the better. Today's article gives you three steps to be more influential in a strategic conversation: 1) define your goal; 2) listen to the voices in their head; 3) create your strategy.
Conflict. So many people think that they have to contain conflict, resolve conflict and prevent conflict. And, if they would only hone their influence skills, they could prevent conflict. Wrong. Today's article underscores that 1) conflict is inevitable, 2) so make sure you pick the right fight, and 3) learn from the experience.
Learn about generating quick wins to help you gain traction for your change agenda - a good goal for the new year! Picking quick wins in the areas of business, process, relationship will enable you to start and build on momentum.
Leaders must appeal to people on three levels when driving change: 1) Rational; 2) Political; 3) Emotional.
How do you pry "feedback" out of people even though most people feel uncomfortable telling it to you straight? Once you do, then you can learn how to deal with the feedback once you get it. I hope you find it helpful!