The Impatient Listener
Have you ever found yourself becoming increasingly impatient in a conversation or a meeting and then realized later that you missed...
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allisono585
- May 12, 2021
- 4 min
The Employee Engagement Roller Coaster – COVID’S Cost to Manager Well-Being
Gallup’s most recent findings on U.S employee engagement in 2020 came out. It turns out 2020 was a roller coaster, with the percentage of...
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allisono585
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
Turning High Potentials into Trusted Leaders
Every manager can tell you which of their direct reports are the company rock stars. When there’s an opportunity for a promotion, these...
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allisono585
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Listening – The #1 Skill for Closing Sales
Sales professionals need a mix of soft skills to be successful. While rapport building is often considered the top sales skill, listening...
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allisono585
- Mar 2, 2021
- 4 min
6 Simple Tips to Improve Listening in Virtual Meetings
In 2020, amidst the global pandemic, we shifted from in-person to almost exclusively remote work environments, swapping the conference...
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allisono585
- Oct 13, 2020
- 2 min
Do you say, “I’m Sorry” at work?
My 19-year-old daughter is sophomore engineering student at CU Boulder. We had a rare, (amazing for me) opportunity to go for a mountain...
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allisono585
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
Do You Listen When You Disagree?
We live in polarizing times. You’re either on my side, or you’re not. You agree with me, or you don’t. You get it, or you’re one of...
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allisono585
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
How Can You Make Joint Decisions When You Have Fundamentally Different Decision-Making Criteria?
My husband is a Certified Financial Planner. I have little to no acuity when it comes to analyzing spreadsheets to make unbiased...
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allisono585
- Aug 22, 2020
- 3 min
The Price of Conflict – It's Time for Fearless Personal Inquiry
How does your team manage conflict? Do you embrace it, seek it and harness it to make great decisions collectively? Or does it suck the...
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allisono585
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
How Do You Start a New Job in the Midst of a Global Pandemic?
My husband started a position at a new company a week ago. His daughter asked, “Do you like the people you work with?” He paused and...
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allisono585
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
Help! I'm on a Zoom Call and I Can't Read Body Language
You’re a skilled communicator. You’ve always prided yourself on your ability to read body language and pick up on social cues. How’s that...
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allisono585
- Jul 21, 2020
- 2 min
About Race - I Didn't Know What I Didn't Know
My friend, Gerald, is black. We live in Boulder, Colorado, a city that is 98.5% white. Gerald is my only black friend here. I’ve never...
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allisono585
- Jul 14, 2020
- 3 min
The Gift of Timely Feedback - Reframing Discomfort Into Kindness
You have a team member that needs feedback and you’re the one to give it. The situation hasn’t become a crisis yet, but there is...
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allisono585
- Jun 26, 2020
- 3 min
As a leader, are you ever disappointed with your team? If your answer is Yes, read on…
It’s difficult to stomach, but when your team’s performance suffers, the reason is often you. After all, you are their leader. Ask...
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allisono585
- Jun 14, 2020
- 3 min
We've done it! We've proved it works. Can we please keep it?
Over the past three months, the way we do business has changed dramatically. Nearly every non-essential worker has been working from...
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allisono585
- May 18, 2020
- 3 min
Why We "Hate" Sales
I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say, “I hate sales.” Whether they said it from the perspective of “I don’t want to...
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