Blog Articles About Workplace & Communication Skills

June 12, 2019

Solutions For Leadership Challenges

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We expect a lot from our leaders, both creatively and professionally, and perhaps because there’s such an excess of training, writing, and cultural knowledge about how to lead, I find…

January 8, 2019

Being Brave

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On the dance floor, followers frequently accept invitations from strangers, and willingly make themselves physically vulnerable in the arms of their leader. The acceptance of a dance is also acceptance…

December 5, 2018

Easing Impatience

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Wherever deadlines, deliverables, and metrics exist, we will experience impatience from time to time. Sometimes clients, supervisors, or board members will be impatient with us or our work, and sometimes…

November 19, 2018

Making Stress A Catalyst For Change

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Change can be scary, I know, but when you’re looking forward in your life and thinking, “This can’t go on,” or “I don’t want to live like this anymore,” change…

October 15, 2018

Speaking Up at Work

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One big reason many of us have difficulty speaking up at work is that we fear losing our job, being passed up for promotion, damaging a professional relationship, or some…

September 24, 2018

Strong Followers: Interview with Joe LaSala

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“I want to be your bass player – necessary, holds the song together, but doesn’t need to be out in front.” As he tells the story, this is how Joe…

September 18, 2018

Preventing an Argument

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Arguments are never fun, but more importantly, they are usually a colossal waste of time and energy. Different from productive disagreement, which can actually be a creative process in itself,…

September 5, 2018

Responding to Feedback

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I don’t know anyone who likes this topic – it generates an almost universal “ick” response. And although most of us receive feedback at our jobs on a regular basis,…

July 16, 2018

Setting Healthy Boundaries

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As I explore the concept of followership in the workplace, one skill has popped up again and again as simultaneously the most critical and also the most difficult: setting boundaries.…

July 3, 2018

Making Work Meaningful

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All work is creative, no matter what your job description. No matter what you are producing or generating, whether it be digital, material, or ephemeral, you are a creator. Once…