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Difficult Conversations Require Creative Strategies

April 30, 2009 Leave a Comment

I presented a tele seminar last month on dealing with difficult employees from which I received several questions. Here’s one I thought interesting: Dear Larry, On Wednesday, March 11, I attended your Webinar on Handling Difficult Conversations. I have a question for you on handling a difficult conversation with a direct report of mine. He… Read More >>

Filed Under: Straight Talk Tagged With: Difficult Conversations, discipline, employees from hell, managing difficult employees

Leadership: Demonstrating the Right Thing To Do

April 21, 2009 Leave a Comment

By now you’re probably aware of Alaska’s ex-senator Ted Stevens’ conviction on seven counts of filing false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms. You’re also probably aware that Attorney General Eric Holder asked U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to drop the charges. Why? Because in reviewing the case, Holder’s team discovered that the lawyers… Read More >>

Filed Under: Leadership

Which Way Does the Wind Blow? dealing with change

April 11, 2009 Leave a Comment

The last time I posted on this blog, I talked about a lesson I learned on one of my daily bicycle rides last week. On today’s ride, I learned about change. I follow a route that takes me up a gradual, six-mile climb, and then I turn around and go home the same way. It’s… Read More >>

Filed Under: Leading Change Tagged With: challenge, Change, market shifts, strategic inflection points

Skinny vs Fat Seats Gives Clues For Conducting Difficult Conversations

March 30, 2009 Leave a Comment

I’m an avid cyclist – not very good or very fast, but I like the exercise – and the fresh air you get from riding everyday is invigorating. Yesterday, after my standard 12-mile jaunt, I stopped for coffee at Starbucks. Sitting at one of the umbrella-covered tables was a group of men about my age.… Read More >>

Filed Under: Straight Talk

Taking Difficult Conversations “Seriously”

March 19, 2009 Leave a Comment

In his classic business book, “Up The Organization,” Avis CEO
Robert Townsend described how he toured all the Avis offices
where he asked employees what they thought he should do to turn
around the company, which at the time was struggling. He noticed

Filed Under: Straight Talk

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