Being professionally understandable is a huge part of how you show up to work each day. When people do not understand what you are saying, they cannot figure out what you want. Or what you really need. Or even what you both can accomplish working with each other and for each other on behalf of… [Continue Reading]
Are You Professionally Understandable To Everyone?
Is Professional Elitism impacting How You Lead Teams?
Ouch! That’s an in-your-face question to ask yourself, isn’t it? And if you feel defensive, it is understandable. After all, you feel you do all the right things. Following processes and steps outlined in guidelines and playbooks. Yet, projects go unproductively sideways. And team synergy slowly evaporates. In addition, unproductive rework and reduced efficiency remain… [Continue Reading]
Are You Really Listening and Responding To Your Customers’ Voice?
Well, are you really listening and responding to your customers’ voice? Think about it. After all, it is one narrative to tell people you listen to your customers’ voice. However, realistically, you just wait for an opportunity to interject your own agenda into the conversation. Alternately, it is a completely different narrative when you listen,… [Continue Reading]
Which HR Leadership Conversations Are Really Needed Today?
Are you prepared to have HR leadership conversations which reinforce yesterday and today? Or will you choose to have “those” conversations? You know, the ones that change the way employees, partners, stakeholders and clients perceive your organization? It just could be that some employees already have these conversations. Are you listening? Or do you dismiss… [Continue Reading]
Will You Leverage Professional Purpose in 2021?
Will you leverage professional purpose as a key component in your 2021 career strategy? And consequently, the major reason for how you, yourself, always deliver human capital value as you serve colleagues and clients. Many professionals I present to, or consult for, view their profession as a linear series of accomplishments. For them, all accomplishments… [Continue Reading]
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