We once rehearsed difficult conversations in the shower, during the drive home, or with a spouse trapped at the dinner table. Increasing numbers of employees use AI’s chat capacity to prepare for salary negotiations, performance reviews, conflict conversations, resignations, and uncomfortable discussions with colleagues. Continue reading Mastering Difficult Conversations with Dry Chatting
Your boss: charismatic, confident and allergic to being challenged. He mistakes dominance for leadership and disagreement for disrespect. The hardest part of what’s happening comes from the way it changes you. You’ve started rehearsing sentences before meetings. You’re editing yourself in real time to avoid setting him off. Over time, this chip away at your confidence.
Continue reading Dealing with an Arrogant Boss: Strategies for Success
I’ve had five managers in four years. Each turned out to be unethical, cruel or a slacker. I don’t want to keep job-hopping, I just want one emotionally stable manager who won’t derail my career. As an applicant, I fill out applications. How do I vet the mangagers? Continue reading Tired of Speed-dating Managers
A quick 30-seconds: about the truth. A message brought to you with the assistance of my writing assistants. Continue reading Writing Is Truth
I broke…and discovered I could bend. The ground beneath my feet crumbled…I was born to fly. I drowned in fear…and … Continue reading Born to Fly
When the troopers told what she knew was less the whole story, one woman took matters into her own hands. Continue reading Danger on the Trails
Question: When our newly hired general manager pulled me into his office this morning, he asked me to fire an … Continue reading Do I Fire An Employee Who Doesn’t Deserve It?
For a change of pace… The sound of knocking woke me at three. A silver crescent moon hung askew outside … Continue reading The Ghost Drinking My Gin Wasn’t the Worst of My Problems
Just provided a short webinar showcasing: the 7 bully bully types; how to handle the bully’s initial confrontation without being … Continue reading Identifying & Outsmarting Bullies.