by Christi Barrett | Communication, Supervision
You are a dedicated supervisor, and you take the time to engage in conversation with your people on a regular basis. Great job! Yet you may not be having the right kind of discussions – the ones that build employee engagement. Kristi Hedges, who wrote Four...
by Christi Barrett | Performance
Do you refer to your own or others’ performance on the job? I read a comment posted by a member of the Organizational Development group on LinkedIn recently. It that said we should be using the term contribution instead of performance. I love this idea for a...
by Christi Barrett | Leadership
Do you have to be boring or serious to be a great leader? The responsibilities may be challenging and even daunting some days. That doesn’t mean you have to turn into a somber, bland person. In fact, it’s okay to be a little over-the-top, unique, zany or...
by Christi Barrett | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
A recent Next Level Blog post about the Dalai Lama stimulated my thinking about leadership and communication. The post noted that the Dalai Lama encourages people to communicate not person-to-person, but heart-to-heart. As leaders, it can be all too easy to...
