Do you love or hate your Team Meetings? 

Many people say they hate meetings for a variety of reasons.  Here are a few reasons I have collected over the years. Meetings: are too long, are boring and tedious to sit through, the agenda is irrelevant to my job, discussion is frustrating and divisive, there is a...

This is not a good time!

“This is not a good time.” I hear this often from leaders!  There are many compelling reasons to postpone, to which I reply: You: Me: I am in the middle of a big project; I can’t take on anything else until it is completed. When you have completed that project, will...

When Defending Turns Into Debating

Have you ever been deep into a conversation, feeling defensive and searching for ways to make your point clearer and more forceful? Judith Glaser, founder of the CreatingWe Institute, calls these Level 2 conversations.  You want to convince others or advocate for your...