To be effective, complete conversations must include:

• Your own Needs, Feelings and/or Values –and Continue reading »

written by Laurie Weiss

If you want to be seen as a leader, use these standards to evaluate your important conversations.

• 1. Does it demonstrate self-responsibility? When you take responsibility for your behavior, it encourages others to do so also.
• 2. Does it demonstrate blaming or shaming behavior? If you want others to respect you, Continue reading »

written by Laurie Weiss

A manager develops into a leader by changing her priority from getting the work done to developing the people she is managing. Facing this priority shift, Continue reading »

written by Laurie Weiss