by Christi Barrett | Strategic, Time Management
You may have heard the phrase, “eat the frog first.” We blogged about it years ago. Essentially, the advice is to tackle the big, difficult, unappetizing or complicated project first, before you fritter time away on the easier, quicker tasks. That’s...
by Christi Barrett | Communication, Conflict
Seth and Sami consistently butt heads over how to move their work forward. Sami knows they need to talk, and that the conversation will be emotional and contentious. This discussion needs to happen, so that she and Seth get past their issues to make...
by Christi Barrett | Communication
I love those Snickers commercials that feature the byline, “You’re not you when you’re hungry.” This relates to a discussion at a recent Humanergy meeting about how people deal with difficult or stressful situations. Because we’re...
by Christi Barrett | Communication
You can’t put it off any longer. It’s keeping you awake at night. It’s that conversation that you know you need to have with someone – the one you keep putting off. Addressing a colleague’s performance problem or sharing bad news with...
