by Carolien Moors | Jan 13, 2013 | Collaboration, Communication
We’re all busy so let’s keep this post lean. I threw out irrelevant introductions and explanations you can do without. Will you make time to read just under 270 characters? Critical skill number 1: Questioning This is the ability to effectively and efficiently explore...
by Carolien Moors | Dec 7, 2012 | Communication, Leadership Effectiveneness
As leadership expert Geoff Aigner found in his own research, the biggest road block managers and leaders (but anyone alive, really) must overcome is their reluctance to engage in tough conversations, usually for fear of being unkind. There is a common mistake at work...
by Carolien Moors | Nov 15, 2012 | Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Effectiveneness
You missed your step while walking down the stairs to your basement. You hurt your left knee – badly. The next few days you’ll be working hard to relieve your left knee by putting most of the load on your right leg and knee. You hit your right shoulder real hard...
by Carolien Moors | Oct 26, 2012 | Collaboration, Communication, Leadership Effectiveneness
Too few hours in a day. Too many tasks and projects waiting for your time and attention each day. No one can change that for you except you! As my title suggests, I see a strong link between overload, productivity (or the lack thereof), perfectionism, and...
by Carolien Moors | Aug 2, 2012 | Communication, Emotional Intelligence
Language shapes organizations, families, societies – it shapes every group, every institution, and every person. I think most of us know that it matters which words we choose and use in our attempts to motivate, guide, and inform our children. We know that teachers...
