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Partnering with the Boss
At some point in our careers, we all run into a boss that we have difficulty working with. I know my clients face this all too often. Countless articles and books have been written about “managing up” and actively promoting your work to your boss. But often the...
Why Happiness Matters
Juicy Work means finding happiness in your workplace. My goal is to match a client’s vision of happiness as an employee to a company’s commitment and approach to achieving it.
Leadership Presence: Align Your Body Language With Your Message
You communicate leadership not just by what you say, but how you say it—and not just with your words but with your body. Effective leaders make sure their body language and voice don’t undermine their words. Key tools for conveying leadership presence are posture, eye contact, vocal quality, and authentic connection.
Influence is More Effective than Authority
Some influence styles focus on uniting and collaborating while others focus on advocating. Discovery Learning, Inc., has developed a useful model and assessment tool that helps people determine their preferred styles and those that they under utilize. This article draws on that research.
Taking Advantage of Coachable Moments
Using coaching to help employees learn and grow can create a positive climate and make your organization the employer of choice.
Strength Development: Growth That Feels Good
All too often, employee development can feel like a search and destroy mission. Organizations train managers to identify, target and extinguish employees’ deficiencies. And since everyone has weaknesses to some degree, any search is certain to turn up areas for...
It May Kill Cats, But It Strengthens Relationships
In much of our life our competence is measured by our ability to provide answers. At work, we may feel that asking questions is a sign of weakness or incompetence. But thinking we must have all the answers, whether to save face or to project competence, can have negative results. On the other hand being curious won’t kill us or our careers. In fact, asking questions keeps us from making costly mistakes and helps us build trust.
Be Your Best Brand
Whether you’re actively cultivating it or not, you have a personal brand. You and your work create an impression that colleagues and clients factor in to how they interact with you. If you are unaware of how you are perceived, ask colleagues to describe your brand....