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Are you easy to work with?

September 29, 2011

Have you ever realized that some people just get help from everyone? Colleagues want to work with them and collaborate in any way possible. Their work becomes better and naturally creative as more and more people include them. They learn fast and become resourceful as they find themselves involved in different projects. So, how do [...]

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The end of dissent is such bad news!

April 12, 2011

Be afraid. When everyone is agreeing with you on all counts, day in and day out, there is something extremely wrong. Such contentment must be a sign of very bad news. Could it be possible that everyone has finally seen the light and is ready to embrace your truth as the one and only? Beware [...]

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True bloggers LOVE comments! Do you?

January 29, 2011

We live for them. Nothing sadder for a blogger than an empty comment space. But do we take this to our everyday, other life? Well, I can’t speak for all bloggers of course, but I do feel that many people are really in the dark about why they don’t get more feedback from peers, or [...]

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Your Silence Can Be Toxic

January 18, 2010

Lets continue the subject we started on the previous post “When NOT to give feedback?” I am amazed at how many times I encounter bosses that do not give feedback to certain employees because they have no hopes that they will change. When someone in your team is underperforming, not showing a capacity for change, [...]

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When NOT to give feedback?

January 14, 2010

What a question, right? In the context of organizations, feedback should be commonplace, well given and well received. Is it? Lately I have been working with some great companies that are still struggling with this issue. They may have in place 360 degree systems, periodical revisions and all sorts of institutional ways to tell people [...]

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It’s not Them, It’s You!

January 8, 2010

This wonderful post first appeared in Mary Jo Asmus’ great blog on Leadership. I just had to share it here, and she was generous enough to allow it. Mary Jo owns and operates Aspire Collaborative Services, a firm that partners with great leaders to help them become even greater! I am an avid reader of [...]

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