We don't have all the answers. That's true whether we're on the outside of the issue looking in or on the inside looking out. The leadership team knows its business, whereas the change agent knows …
Why relationship skills?
Sometimes it's worth reminding ourselves of our reasons for doing something. Specifically... Why focus on relationship skills, whether in a professional or a personal context? After all, talking …
Ever wonder why some discussions go round in circles?
... and what to do about it? You’ll have been there, I’m sure... The conversation waxes and wanes, ranges about, goes round and round, without anybody ever seeming to “nail” the issue. Nobody falls …
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What could an engineer possibly bring to relationship skills?
In three words—system and structure—though that’s perhaps not for everyone. My apparent shift from engineering to relationships seems to fascinate. The typical introduction goes like this: “He is an …
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Switching off dates on blog posts – good idea or bad idea?
It's seems a clever idea - switching off the date stamp on your blog posts. That way you can tweet about them later and readers won't realize they're not new. Well, most of them won't... The audience …
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Relationship mastery: For the young or for the wise?
Relationship skills are sometimes seen as a subject for members of the younger generation—as if their need is the greater and older colleagues already know what they need to know. But it isn’t …
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