Or do you always give an answer even if you’re not sure? One of the greatest gifts a leader can give their team (and themselves) is to show that it’s OK to say you don’t know, or at least it’s much …
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Brinksmanship: A relationship skill?
We rather admire the ability of the tough negotiator; the one who secures a favorable outcome at the last minute when the other side blinks first. Perhaps that's a component of a versatile skill set; …
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What we need to learn next might be “counter-intuitive”
In fact, it probably is. We tend to dismiss new input which doesn't fit with our view of things, simply because it doesn't feel right. Our unconscious tells us something is "off". "Intuitively" we …
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What if they were doing their best?
What would your response be then? We often feel other people have let us down in some way, or maybe they've let others down, or even themselves. We feel they could have done better. Maybe they …
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Best wishes for 2013, and who are you going to be?
If you’re setting your goals for the coming year and beyond, you might find it helps to consider who you are going to be as well as what you are going to do, or how exactly you are going to be present …
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Who benefits from your questions: You or the person you ask?
In conversation, we commonly think the quality of a question is judged by the information gained and its usefulness to the questioner. But maybe that isn’t right... Perhaps the quality of a question …
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