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- Six Questions for Collaborative Communication
Collaboration is a big part of team work and joint problem solving. Leading a team meeting, coaching a team member on their performance, setting goals with people, and resolving conflicts are all collaborative problem-solving conversations. Collaboration can be difficult – especially when emotions are high, time is short, or both. Fortunately, there is a pretty simple six-step pattern you can follow to reliably lead to collaborative solutions. In this episode, we'll cover six questions you can ask to lead the conversation successfully through this six-step process.
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11 min - Kind is not Weak
People often confuse kindness for weakness, and that can create problems. You do not have to be unkind in order to be strong. In this episode, I'll comment on the difference between these two ideas and how it affects leadership communication.
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6 min - Vulnerability Makes Connections
Recently, I had an experience with about 120 young people aged 15-20 that taught me a lesson about the power of vulnerability to connect with people. This episode shares that experience and what I learned.
Additional Leadership Resources- Take our free DISC Assessment.
- Check out our video series, What You Should Do in the First 45 Days of Your New Role.
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10 min - [REPOST] How to Be Assertive Without Being a Jerk
Using assertive communication can help your to communicate more clearly and completely, and it has a risk. It's possible to try to communicate assertively and slip over the line in to aggressive, jerk-like communication. In this episode, I'll share three key principles (and two bonus principles) to help you strike the balance between being too passive and too aggressive.
Additional Leadership Resources- Take our free DISC Assessment.
- Download our free report, The First 7 Things to Do When You Get Promoted.
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- Three Ways to Irritate Others and How to Correct It
- Stay Positive, Avoid Negative
- Three Things to Consider Before You Choose a Communication Technique
- Make Yourself Non-Threatening
- Communicate in a Way That Does NOT Convey Threat
11 min - Overcoming the Pull of the Past – Dealing with Leadership Undertow
When you step in to leadership, you inherit all of the good and bad of past leadership decisions for people who sat in your current seat in the past. Dealing with the negative expectations that can create can be a frustrating leadership challenge. In this episode, I'm offering a path forward.
Additional Leadership Resources- Take our free DISC Assessment.
- Check out our video series, What You Should Do in the First 45 Days of Your New Role.
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10 min - Oh No, I Made a Mistake I Knew How to Avoid!
This week I was working in my shop, and I made a mistake that I new how to avoid. How is that possible? Both the answer to that question is in this episode and how the lesson connects to leadership communication is in this episode.
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9 min - Resolving Conflicts with Other Leaders in Your Organization
In a recent workshop, I got a question related to how conflict resolution with other leaders might be different from conflict resolution within the team you lead. In this episode, I'm addressing the answer to that question.
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10 min - How to Discipline and Employee After You Tried Everything Else
You have tried everything you can think of. You have encouraged, corrected, and taught, and, still, they keep doing that annoying thing. What do you do next?
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The Do's and Don'ts of Coaching Conversations
14 min - Longing for the Past vs Looking to the futureAs much of the business world transitions from work from home to some version of hybrid or full work from the office scenario, leaders face the difficulty of addressing new expecations from their team members and other changes from what was considered "normal" before the pandemic hit with full force. In this episode, I'm looking at a mindset shift that can help you navigate these changes more successfully. Additional Leadership Resources
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10 min - The Impact of Relationship, Message, and Context
Three factors affect every element in your communication effort – relationship, message, and context. In this episode, I'll touch on what each of these elements means and how they affect your communication efforts.
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Tips, techniques, and insights for more effective leadership communication. Learn to apply powerful communication strategies to coach, inspire, and resolve conflict situations as a leader.