Are you comfortably connecting strategic value dots across your organization? If you are really, really comfortable connecting those dots, you may not be providing the robust yet nimble business outcomes you target. Here’s why. There are three reasons why being too comfortable in your professional role is not the feeling you should seek. However, confidence… [Continue Reading]
How Many Strategic Value Dots Are You Really Connecting?
Is It Time to Redefine Your Post Pandemic Professional Target?
Do you have the same post pandemic professional target you aimed at about 18 months ago? Our professional environments have shifted. Many professionals I speak to feel somewhat out of sync professionally: trying to fit back into environments that just do not fit them anymore. Are you an out of sync professional? Is what you… [Continue Reading]
Are You Professionally Incomplete or a Know It All?
How would you describe yourself: professionally incomplete or an entrenched know it all? Are you a professional who is compelled to offer the right answer first? (Remember the kids sitting in the front row in grade school with their hands up in the air waving in the teacher’s face?) Consequently, after you answer, will anyone… [Continue Reading]
When Professional Assumptions Prevent Cross Functional Success
You and I operate according to a series to basic assumptions which are part of the culture of our professional disciplines. What are yours? Professional assumptions are beliefs taken to be true, even if there is inconclusive proof. Over time, professional assumptions are rationales – as well as excuses – for how you respond to… [Continue Reading]
Are Your Soft Skills Professionally Intimidating or Accessible?
Professionally intimidating soft skills get in the way of making your message accessible across your organization. Consider how colleagues and clients rate the quality of your soft skills in terms of context and clarity. Do you communicate to tell and show? Or, alternatively, do you communicate to show off and intimidate? The dynamics of team… [Continue Reading]
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