When Quinn (not her real name) and I started our coaching call, she was feeling distressed, telling me “I’ve just had this huge insight that my job isn’t going to stick around as long as I’m depending on it, and I’m terrified!” She said she had been reading the signs, seeing the writing on the
Author Archives: Amy Kay Watson
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When you aren’t getting what you need, create it. When clients tell me they don’t get enough feedback, their concerns tend to fall into two camps. Either the feedback they receive is… I so appreciate anyone who wants better feedback. If this is the case you find yourself in, you can definitely take steps to
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There’s an saying in leadership circles: “The role of a leader is to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.” A lot of us find ourselves laughing and nodding our heads sagely when we hear this. But isn’t it kind of crazy? What kind of sadist afflicts the comfortable? We do know it means that
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Front-line managers and supervisors can find themselves confused about how to motivate their employees to do what’s being asked of them. If you find yourself in this situation, it can be frustrating. But you can lead a high performing team by going through these steps, one by one.
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Dec
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You don’t want to be a victim of the Peter Principle, which says that people are promoted based on their tenure or their success in a previous role, irrespective of their capacity to excel in the new position. How do you decide like this when so much is at stake? No matter what you choose, you have lost what might have been your dream job in the other direction.
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Moving back into the office for at least a couple days a week? This can provoke a great deal of anxiety. However, many reactions to anxiety are not leadership behaviors, and the folks on our teams need us to lead, not just let it all hang out.
