“Lack of Listening” Is Misplaced Blamed for This Workplace Communication Problem

“Lack of listening” is often among the top complaints about communication in the workplace. Just ...

“About” Is Another Example Weak Workplace Communication

Someone sent me an invitation to connect on LinkedIn whom I did not know and ...

What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate

“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate!” Have you ever uttered (or at least ...

Overcoming the F.U.S. of Your Life

Today is recovery day. Recovery from the first 55-mile bike ride I’ve ever participated in. ...

Workplace Trust, What Is It & How to Get It

It’s been almost two months since I’ve written a piece here as I’ve been focused ...

Snow Storms and Workplace Drama, A Tight Relationship

Looking out my hotel room window in Rochester, NY watching another major winter storm pound the ...

Fear of Using Empathy in the Workplace In Performance Management

There is a real fear of using empathy in the workplace. The fear is that ...

Workplace Empathy is the Rodney Dangerfield of Communication

Growing up one of my favorite comedians was Rodney Dangerfield. He built a lucrative career ...

Tolerating Superstars in the Workplace

Many years ago in my previous life running professional baseball teams I had a number ...

The Risk That Almost Cost Me My Career

The biggest risk I ever took almost ended my career before it started. My risk ...