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Go First – The Secret Sauce Of Gaining A Competitive Advantage
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/261772518' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Go first. That was one of the mantras I learned from my coaches when I was a competitive martial artist. Whatever your current position, leader, individual contributor, employed or not -...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Receiving Feedback Like a Pro
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/252105610' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Recently, I received the results from a 360 leadership feedback assessment. If you’ve participated in a 360 before, you’ll know that this means I, in an anonymous way, asked for feedback....
3 Steps to Succeed in the Age of Agile Leadership
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/239501146' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Change your mind and the best will follow you; 3 steps to demonstrate agile thinking, in a way that makes people want to follow. If you are in a leadership role, you have a problem. Your...
3 Steps to Make Things Right After You’ve Made a Bad Decision
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/238514202' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Hi, I’m Henry and I make bad decisions sometimes. I’m guessing you do too. Have you ever noticed that when you are collecting opinions before you make a decision, some people are giving...
3 Steps for Mastering Diversity at Work
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/233749213' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Simply put, diversity in the workplace might make you struggle with others. Most of us like the idea of diversity in the workplace. Our research shows that you are likely to support the...
5 Things High Performers Do (and Don’t) Say in the Workplace
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/218186899' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Think about the most impressive people you’ve worked with. What was it that made them special? It probably was a combination of several qualities: personality, results, attitude, and, I...
4 Steps to Build Your Most Important Relationships
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/217013922' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] The people you RELY on most, may not be the people you LIKE the most. Let’s look at how to create a framework for separating, measuring, and responding to this paradigm with a plan of...
3 Steps To Avoiding Meeting Madness
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/214760101' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] How do you feel when you know you are about to participate in a regularly occurring business meeting? We’ve gotten feedback from thousands of people, and too many of you have negative...
4 Steps To Making Lemonade Out Of Losses
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/208315335' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] As a former competitive martial artist, I learned at an early age that sometimes, despite all of your training and preparation, losing will happen. In our business, we help teams formulate...
Emotional Safety®: The Key to Making Smart Decisions
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/204595926' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Informed people make the best decisions, and, as a result, add the most value to their organizations. Whatever job you have and whatever your level of authority, your people are relying on...
Is Anger Ever Useful in a Negotiation? – BBC Interview with Henry Evans
BBC World Service / United Kingdom Read on bbc.co.uk [...] after a week in which President Trump has had some "tough" phone calls with other world leaders, we ask whether getting angry in negotiations ever works. We hear from Henry Evans, co-author of Step Up, Lead in...
Pessimists Aren’t All That Bad
Entrepreneur / USA Read on entrepreneur.com Most of us know that pessimists can be a challenge to deal with in the workplace. As a leader you need to manage pessimists by coaching them to see other options and helping them to reflect on the impact they have on those...
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