by Christi Barrett | Influence
You have the most amazing idea, and you’re sure it’s going to revolutionize the organization. But when you present it to the team, people are not enthused. What do you do now? First, and foremost, recognize that you might be wrong. As Kathryn Schulz (a...
by Christi Barrett | Communication
I’m old enough to remember life without email. Believe it or not, when you needed to know something, you picked up the phone. And if they weren’t there, you left a message, often with a real live person. It wasn’t uncommon to skip the phone and...
by Christi Barrett | Communication, Mutual Understanding
High-quality learning facilitation and competence are a necessary precondition for enhancement of the ongoing development and implementation process. What? We love and often give this advice: Make your communication clear. But what does clear communication mean in...
by Christi Barrett | Performance
We love our business manager, Karen Parker, and we’d feel lost without her amazing skills, steadfast care and phenomenal customer service. We also know that there are some things she does “Karen’s Way,” and that is not changing. How can you...
by Christi Barrett | Creativity, Flexibility, Learning
Tendonitis in my knee has resulted in a fairly long stint in physical therapy. During the course of treatment, my regular therapist took a vacation, so received treatment from a different therapist. I expected to receive the same type of treatment, but what I got was...
