The Most Important Step In Conflict De-Escalation
There are a lot of ways to handle conflict. A popular one is to escalate them by avoiding the contentious…
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Your Ethical Framework Begins With Respect
You’ve certainly heard people talk about ethics before. Companies everywhere talk about doing business in an ethical manner, and you…
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The Single Best Technique to Prepare for a Presentation
In the past two decades I’ve delivered well over a thousand presentations, mostly live but also increasingly virtual as well…
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Will AI Eventually Destroy Humanity?
Last month I wrote an article about the way that technology impacts the nature of human work. (You can read…
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Will AI Eventually Destroy Your Job?
As everyone in the writing world knows, ChatGPT has come, and the end is nigh. Pretty soon the written word…
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Negotiate Like a Child
I’m just coming off a very lovely few weeks with my family. We saw friends, went skiing, and spent 12…
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Destroying the Myth of the Disloyal Young Worker
As 2022 draws to a close, there are two issues that seem to have completely dominated the year – supply…
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The Most Important Sentence in Leadership
At its most basic, effective leadership consists of two key components. One of them is the human element – that’s…
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What You Can Learn from Pig Farmers and Pharmacies
One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about my job is the opportunity to meet people living in places I…
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How to Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking
Last month, something happened to me at an event that hasn’t happened in well over a decade. I wish it…
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