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Executive Advice

3 Easy Ways to Create a More Inclusive Workplace

In his 2018 annual shareholder letter, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos reemphasized that PowerPoint presentations are outlawed at Amazon’s executive...

3 Benefits of Rituals for You and Your Colleagues

A few weeks ago, I received an invitation to one of my clients’ “Something About” party. The event has acted as an important annual...

What To Know About In-House vs. Outsourced Executive Coaching

Today’s leaders are operating within a complex environment. They are grappling with daunting challenges such as increased threats of...

How to Prevent Office Gossip and Maintain Positive Culture

Gossip can be a force counter to the culture leaders want to build, potentially affecting employees’ morale and efficiency. Here are a...

7 Best Ways to Prevent Political Sabotage In Your Office

1. Hire smart. When interviewing leaders for a position in your company, present a couple of cultural dilemmas from previous management...

Three Proven Strategies For Hiring Great People

If you’re like many companies, you’re disappointed with your executive hiring strategy. You consistently hire all-stars on paper. They’ve...

How To Communicate With Difficult People at Work

We are all forced to interact with difficult people at work. They come in all shapes and sizes. There are the Chatty Cathys who gossip,...

How to Avoid Temptations To Cut Corners

It’s one of the most pervasive and crippling problems afflicting the workplace: the tendency among employees to cut corners and pursue...

How To Stop Red Tape From Limiting Your Success At Work

Several months ago, I was solicited for executive coaching by the CEO of a large technology company. His request was rather blunt, “Dr....

How To Change Minds and Win at Negotiations

For more than one-quarter of a century, Ed Catmull, president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, worked with the notoriously...