by GCO | Dec 18, 2019 | leadership & management
There’s a lot of content out there on organizationalransformation. It’s the hot topic for business books and articles, supplanting or at least building on the multi-year preoccupation with the speed of change. By now, if you haven’t noticed things are changing in our...
by GCO | Dec 18, 2019 | leadership & management
Getting your first leadership role is exciting, isn’t it? There’s the office with your name on the door. Being invited to meetings once closed off and mysterious. Getting to make the big decisions. People asking for your advice.Heady stuff that sends the wrong message...
by GCO | Dec 18, 2019 | leadership & management
For most managers, the only thing they dread more than going to their own end-of-year performance appraisal is holding end-of-year feedback discussions with their team. Why? Because the performance appraisal system is unnatural by design. Imagine if we burdened our...
by GCO | Dec 18, 2019 | leadership & management
Communication gaps between managers and their employees widen when delivering criticism. Studies show that managers consistently fail to communicate corrective feedback clearly. This failure often leads to misunderstanding, negatively affects performance and is a...
by GCO | Dec 18, 2019 | leadership & management
During a conversation I had recently with Jason Dykstra of the Thriving Leaders podcast about the value of conflict. He asked me about the practicality of using an open-door policy as a tool for encouraging employee participation. I told him I encourage executives not...
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