Work on Your Weaknesses...Sometimes.

I have recently realized that every time I ask someone how they are doing, I seem to get the same response. “Good. Busy. How are you?”

A fear of conflict is common and natural among people. However, this fear can become something that not only limits our effectiveness as individuals and teams, but it can also backfire and create [...]

I have often said that organizations work the way they are designed to work... whether or not you meant to design them that way. Non-profit organizations are no exceptions. In fact, many non-profits [...]

A business owner called me because he was having trouble with an employee. He described details about their strained relationship. I asked him how long this had been going on. He paused and finally [...]

A successful facilitation can be traced back to the little things most of us rarely think about. Facilitators understandably get so focused on the conversation that they forget about the practical [...]

Although facilitation is defined "to make easier", it does not always mean being a meeting facilitator is easy. Facilitating can be tough; and while there are multiple components of a facilitation [...]

You work really hard and are good at what you do which is why you got promoted. You have a lot of knowledge about your organization and can solve any problem that comes your way. You are a manager, [...]

As humans, we are hardwired with both a need for respect and a basic "fight or flight" instinct. When we feel disrespected or misaligned, we go into fight or flight, usually leaving us to avoid [...]

"Have you lived here long?", I asked the cab driver as we drove through the dark. It was 5AM and I was headed to LAX after a trip to Anaheim.

In the past year, the Department of Labor announced the implementation of new overtime salary rules which increased the minimum salary for an exempt employee from $23,660 to $47,476 that would be [...]