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Communicating as a Leader

Better Communication Skills – Silence and Violence

Introduction Leaders need to seek better communication skills not only for themselves and their leadership teams, but as part of the organization’s culture.  Successful change management requires getting everyone moving in one new direction. People will be talking with one another while you’re trying to drive change.  As a leader, you want to make sure […]

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Problem Solving

People are not Rungs on the Ladder of Success

Wally Adamchik asked: Change and a promotion go together.  When someone gets a promotion, they face new tasks, new peers, new relationships, and new opportunities. Often they become “in charge” of a team or work group. All of this can be heady stuff, and it can change people. Over the years, I have seen people […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Coaching Leaders and Organizations for Success

Ellen Dotts asked: Pick up any business publication these days, and you’ll find an article on Coaching, whether it be working with individuals to find more balance or meaning in their lives, to helping others identify a new career they are more passionate about. While these are certainly positive objectives of coaching, we at Incite […]

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Managing Performance / Setting Goals

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau asked: People often ask me for my thoughts on becoming a new Manager. My immediate reaction is ‘great, fantastic, go for it, it can be a great and diverse career move’, quickly followed by ‘Do you know what you are letting yourself in for?’ Many years ago, I moved from a technical role […]