Improve your communication skills with the “bridge and tunnel” method
Want to become one of the cool "bridge and tunnel" kids? Bridging and tunneling is a useful way to improve communication. For example, you can bridge to strengthen connections and tunnel to dig in and learn more. If we work to be more intentional in how we...
15 ways to generate better results by developing internal talent
In this expert panel from the Forbes Coaches Council, 15 Forbes Coaches Council members, including me, shared suggestions for developing internal talent who can help you and your organization generate better performance and results. My panel contribution is #5: Ask...
Is your default emotion now distrust? If so, join the crowd
Distrust has become “society’s default emotion,” according to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer. How bad is it? More than half (nearly 6 in 10 respondents) say they tend to distrust something – or someone – until they see evidence to the contrary. (And their “evidence”...
Want to improve your mental well-being? Take time for these 7 actions
You can improve your overall mental well-being at work and in your personal life by doing seven activities regularly. They form the Healthy Mind Platter, a tool that two well-respected scientists, Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. David Rock, developed about a decade ago. They...
Why and how to copy the best leadership lessons of tech titans
Bashing big tech has become a popular sport these days. While tech is not perfect, could you give it up, especially for work? Over the past 30 years, tech has transformed the way we work in many productive ways, including increased flexibility, collaboration,...
Look for shades of gray! Why I’ve committed to embrace nuance in 2022
Nuance is my focus word/concept for 2022. Oxford Dictionaries defines nuance as “a very slight difference in meaning, sound, color, or someone's feelings that is not usually very obvious.” In practice, being nuanced means being aware of subtle and often complex...
How to avoid being viewed as a blank slate or worse, being misunderstood
“What’s the best word to go in front of/in back of ____________?” That’s the question different groups of friends and family members asked ourselves throughout the holiday season as we played the board game Blank Slate. The game was fun and instructive on multiple...
How to stop sleepwalking: read, question and act carefully
During December, my reading habits suddenly switched from non-fiction to fiction. Three novels have so engrossed me that I almost forgot about my annual custom: sharing my year’s short list of favorite non-fiction books. Here are my four books plus three more that...
Why we need to embrace each other’s rich complexity (And how to do so effectively)
Do you believe the future of work will embrace our humanity -- that is, acknowledge that people are humans, not machines? If so, we need to acknowledge that we humans tend to be complicated, contradictory and self-centered individuals. And we live in volatile,...
