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How to be Less Demanding and More Effective

Posted on Thu 09-Aug-2012 by Tom Cox

Jake is a terrific member of his fast-growing company’s senior leadership team. His boss Darcy, the owner, is a sweet lady with great personal skills. That complements Jake’s tough, task-oriented, ramrod approach. Odds are good Darcy will one day sell…

How to Ask for Help

Posted on Mon 18-Jun-2012 by Tom Cox

Erik, CEO of a small technology firm, was in trouble. His most time-consuming clients weren’t paying on time — one wasn’t paying at all. His pipeline of new work was nearly empty. At the end of one day, when he…

Peter Bregman on How to Respond to an Emotional Outburst

Posted on Thu 19-Apr-2012 by Tom Cox

Peter Bregman offers good advice on how to respond to an emotional outburst, whether at work or in other areas of our lives. Great advice – reminds me of the excellent book “Just Listen” by Mark Goulston MD.

Tagged with: conflict, fear, listening, SELF IMPROVEMENT
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No More Lollipops

Posted on Sat 31-Mar-2012 by Tom Cox

Some of our biggest problems are self inflicted. One of the worst is a mental mistake called “judging others by ourselves.” Young children do this all time. If they like lollipops, they just assume everybody likes lollipops. Young managers do…