by Productive Conflict | Leadership, Power Dynamics
Three Things Every Leader Needs to Know Even the most experienced leaders face moments of powerlessness. It’s a consistent human experience. Hard situations trigger emotional reactions, unsettling our sense of power and agency. When our sense of power is shaken, it...
by Productive Conflict | Leadership, Organizational Conflict
You know the feeling. Your inbox is a crime scene. The meeting meant to resolve things made everything worse. Two senior people who should be working together have chosen sides, and somehow you’re caught in the middle. The timeline is impossible, the stakes are...
by Productive Conflict | Leadership, Organizational Conflict
Workplace conflicts turn dirty when fairness breaks down. In dirty fights, people attempt to rewrite history, question your competence, air public dramas, and blame others for failed projects. For those trying to stay professional under the pressure of a dirty fight,...
by Productive Conflict | Leadership, Performance Issues, Relationships
Your body language speaks before you do. From being aware of your nonverbal signals and managing nervous energy to building trust and cultural awareness, your influence starts and stops with you. The best leaders take control of themselves and understand how they show...
by Productive Conflict | Leadership
A colleague is cutting corners on a client deliverable. Your manager is making promises the team can’t possibly keep. Someone’s expense reports look creative. You know you should say something. You want to say something. You’re trying to do the right...
