Thriving In Conflict #2: Managing the Gap

Today we are going to build on our last blog where we redefined conflict as “a gap between what we expect and what we experience. ©”  If we shift our thinking of conflict to a gap, then our next step is to gain clarity on the gap. There are four primary types of gaps...

Thriving In Conflict #1: What is Conflict?

Too often we equate conflict to a clash, a crisis, or a confrontation, which is why we run the other way when we hear the word. Look at the definition of conflict; you will see inflammatory words like antagonistic, struggle, war, and battle. It is no wonder we treat...

Make Your Boss’s Job Easier

Do not delegate up. Ask for help when you need it, but remember your boss has many demands coming from all directions. Your demands only add to his/her burden. Look for opportunities to assist and take work off his/her desk.  

Pick Who You Work With, Who You Work For

Look around for people you like and respect, that others look up to, that can challenge you, or have something to teach you. Identify those people and find ways to work for them or work with them. You cannot help but be a better person when you are around great...

Don’t Give Up!

As a follow up to my blog on SMARTER© goals, let’s explore some ways to keep goal setting alive. We look at goal setting as an annual activity that once complete, gets buried under the pile of the urgent, drowning any aspirations. We are over a month into the New Year...

Get S.M.A.R.T.E.R

Are you one of those people that hates this goal setting time of the year?  Goals can represent something we are not doing, something we should be doing, or even something that currently seems impossible. Even when we set goals, most of us abandon them long before the...