Past Newsletters: Tools for Managers and Leaders

Teeter Totter

Lady Sings the Blues
Check Your EQ

Start With What You Know
Facing Complex Problems

The Fireman's Lament
Where's the Fire?

Hiring For Keeps
Searching for Mr/Ms Right

Evaluating the Annual Eval
Traps that impede excellent evaluations

Decision Traps
How to make better decisions

Fixes That Fail
Making sure solutions stick

Digging for the Worms
Be willing to look carefully at the problems

Post Mortems
Learning from our successes and mistakes

Meeting Madness
Running efficient, productive meetings

Accentuate the Positive
Appreciative learning tools

Spheres of Influence
Learning to identify what you can truly impact

Your Baby Is Ugly
Giving productive criticism

The Pygmalion Effect
The tendency to live up to other’s expectations

Improvisation
Letting go of rules to invite original thinking

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Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities
Leaning into adversity

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Making better ones

Now You See Me Now You Don't
What it means to be truly visible

Six Degrees of Separation
Networking tips

Walk With Giants
Mentoring and seeking mentorship

Big Dreams
Identifying a big vision and committing

Beyond Failure
Moving beyond ‘splat’

Sundials In The Shade
Focus on your strengths not your weaknesses

Blast Off
Getting off the launch pad

Simplify
Letting go of the inessential and focusing on the main act

All Ears
Are you really listening