Sep 30, 2024 | Communication Skills, Leadership and Management |
*”How to”* questions focus on tactical, surface-level solutions rather than deep transformation. These questions imply that there’s a specific formula or step-by-step guide to solving complex leadership challenges. leadership isn’t about following a...
Sep 25, 2024 | Communication Skills |
Why “Try & Hope” Is Weak & Not a Strategy: Turn Wishful Thinking Into Actionable Results by Speaking Committed Language Many leaders fall into the trap of saying, “I’ll try,” or “I hope this works.” It feels harmless, but these words are weak. They...
Sep 25, 2024 | Communication Skills, Leadership and Management |
Leaders in every growing company face a common challenge: creating momentum and increasing revenue while maintaining integrity. The key isn’t in adding more strategies or increasing complexity—it’s about aligning actions with promises and ensuring that integrity is...
Oct 30, 2021 | Communication Skills, Deploy Yourself, Emotional Intelligence |
Let me start with a story to illustrate the benefits of silence There was an old man whose most beloved possession was a watch left to him by his late wife. He treasured the timepiece and had it on his person wherever he went. One day, in anticipation of his...
Sep 11, 2021 | Communication Skills |
Meetings can be among the biggest time and energy suckers in an organization if you let them be. According to a survey done by the Harvard Business Review, over 70% of senior managers consider meetings to be unproductive and ineffective. Additionally, 65% of the...
Aug 15, 2021 | Communication Skills |
Please find below my favourite collection of quotes and one-liners about effective and deep communication, building strong relationships – both at work and in life, and effective team management and leadership. “Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the...
Aug 6, 2021 | Communication Skills, Leadership and Management |
Painters have a brush, digital artists use Photoshop, and musicians have their instruments to produce their results. Similarly, leaders have language – to produce results in their teams and organisations via having verbal communication. Ask yourself- What do...
Jun 24, 2021 | Communication Skills, Emotional Intelligence |
Introverts are comfortable in being by themselves. Instead of getting energy from others, introverts draw it from solitude and quiet places. As a result, resolving conflicts and navigating tough conversations tend to be difficult and scary since it forces them to have...
Mar 3, 2021 | Communication Skills |
Whether it is from those who work under us or our coworkers, we are all faced with questions in our daily lives. Of course, not all questions may warrant a response. But when a reasonable person genuinely enquires about something, it is important to listen and respond...
Oct 22, 2020 | Communication Skills |
“The right word at the right time will unlock the door to treasures – the wrong one will close it forever” – Rasheed Ogunlaru Think about a discussion you have been planning to have with your manager. For example, to ask for a raise. Perhaps as a manager,...
Jun 1, 2020 | Communication Skills, Emotional Intelligence |
On a recent archaeological dig in Man Bac in what is now northern Vietnam, a team of researchers made a remarkable discovery. While unearthing the remains of some Stone Age people who were buried 4,000 years ago, they discovered one young man who had been placed in...
Mar 25, 2020 | Communication Skills |
This guide contains everything you need to know about dealing with interpersonal communication – conflict, disagreements, and other difficult conversations – be it at work or outside it. How to listen well. Why conflicts are natural? What to do, and what...
Mar 20, 2020 | Communication Skills |
The world is unpredictable and full of chaos and change. Many things can cause worry and tension in an organization. Mergers & acquisitions, leadership wrangles, controversies, and pandemics such as Covid-19 are just some of the many things that can cause a crisis...
Dec 17, 2019 | Communication Skills, Emotional Intelligence |
“When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson In recent years, technology has brought in a big change in our ways of communication. With the best tech devices and the most vibrant...
Jul 3, 2018 | Communication Skills, Deploy Yourself |
“I want to give you some feedback.” If you are like most people, once you hear the above statement, your heart will start to beat a little faster, your palms might begin to sweat, and in certain situations, you might even begin to shake. Feedback can make anyone...
Jun 19, 2018 | Communication Skills, Deploy Yourself |
Giving good quality feedback is an important skill to have in any organization. Doing so regularly with our peers gives everyone an accurate understanding of how they are doing at work, and what needs to change/improve. However, I have always felt that the importance...
Jun 19, 2018 | Communication Skills, Deploy Yourself |
It is the end of the quarter. And it is feedback season again! Feedback is a word many people dread and it makes them uncomfortable, while for others it is a tool to reflect on and improve performance. Having been on both ends of the feedback spectrum over my career,...
Nov 27, 2017 | Communication Skills, Deploy Yourself |
There was once only one orange left in a kitchen and two chefs were fighting over it.”I need that orange!””Yes, but I need that orange as well !”Time was running out and they both needed an orange to finish their particular recipes for the...
Nov 15, 2017 | Communication Skills, Deploy Yourself |
In the previous four articles, I have written about what conflicts are, what not to do when they happen, how to prepare to solve them through a conversation, and some practical tips to follow during the conversation itself. However, doing all this doesn’t guarantee...
Nov 8, 2017 | Communication Skills, Deploy Yourself |
So you have prepared well (read my previous article), and are walking into a conflict resolution conversation with trust and respect for the other person. You have established ground rules for the conversation, and you know your BATNA. Even with all this preparation,...
