- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
People at work struggle with similar issues that get in the way of their effectiveness. A single problem underlies most of their struggles: an imbalance between self-reliance and interdependence. We value self-reliance for good reason: we need to achieve as individuals for the sake of our personal identity, confidence and career advancement.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Frustrated with the slow pace of your career advancement? No obvious job openings in sight? And you aren’t really sure what you would like to do next anyway?
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Managing anxiety at work requires a good level of emotional intelligence to get beyond denial: to recognize it, understand what causes it and how it affects us.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Are you waiting for your manager to engage you? If you were a business would you wait for customers to come to you or would you seek them out?
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Do you feel guilty for saying no? Do you say yes but take on too much as a result? Or, maybe you find it easy to say no but you annoy or hurt people in the process.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
We are told that delegation is the key management tool for getting work done through people. With all the pressure to do more with less, managers should be good at delegation. But this is unfortunately not true.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Do you have to push yourself to develop important relationships at work? Many see it as a necessary evil, a time-consuming diversion from doing real work.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Asking good questions can vastly improve our success at work and relationships with people. Good questions engage people, make them feel valued, build trust, cement relationships and foster joint ownership of decisions.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Excuses are self-defeating. They get in the way of our success by letting us off the hook, making life easier for us when we should be facing up to a challenge.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Some managers find it extremely difficult to give negative feedback to their team members. It is even harder for employees to give such feedback to their boss. How can feedback be made easier?