Trust is the emotional glue that draws you closer to your friends, your family, and your colleagues. Teamwork without trust is impossible. As a proverb says, “Many people claim to be loyal, but it is hard to find a trustworthy…
Tag: Leadership
Got Attitude?
Leadership Memo 2023-8 Attitude. Attitude is so crucial in our lives. A positive attitude gets us beyond common hurdles. It will clear the deck. It will free us from hang-ups. But what about during the tough days, when things don’t…
Do you care enough to slow down and be fully present?
Have you had this experience? Someone asked me, “How are you?” Just when I was about to answer how I was doing, that person already started walking away or turned their heads or looked down at their phones. At first,…
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What do I need to do to help resolve a conflict?
When you meet someone to resolve a conflict, you first have to confess your part of the problem. Then you need to listen for the other person’s hurt and perspective. In every conflict—from our personal & work relationships to politics—we…
The First Step Towards Conflict Resolution
One of the most important life skills you need to learn is conflict resolution. If you don’t learn it, you’ll spend much of your life miserable—because we’re imperfect people and we have conflict almost every day of our lives. To…
Preventing Dry Rot
Leadership Memo 2023-7 We have been discussing Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s leadership traits for the last 3 months. If you missed them, you can read them here. However, I know that not everyone gets excited about management and leadership concepts. But…
Why do we need to learn how to be gentle? Because it’s a prerequisite to leadership!
In the last 2 weeks, we’ve established that gentleness diffuses conflicts, de-escalates anger, and disarms critics. In addition, gentleness is also persuasive and attractive. But why do I spend 2 weeks talking about the need to be gentle? Because gentleness…
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Do you want to be persuasive and attractive? Then consider being gentle
Last week, we discussed that gentleness diffuses conflict and disarms critics. But do you know that being gentle is also persuasive? If you have a successful career in sales, you may know that truth already. There was a time when…
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Do you want to calm conflict and show that your care? Gentleness is the answer
Gentleness diffuses conflict. It disarms critics. It’s persuasive. It’s attractive. And gentleness communicates love. If you’re married, the quickest way to improve your marriage is to start talking to your spouse more gently. It’ll do wonders! Any fool can be…
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21st-century leadership traits as shown by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (Part 3)
Leadership Memo 2023-6 “I am transfixed by the example of President Zelenskyy. I have watched every one of his addresses. He is plainspoken, quietly forceful, and unstinting with the truth. I have been studying leadership and fearlessness my whole life.…
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