by Christi Barrett | Supervision
Sally is thrilled that she is now managing the team she has worked with for five years. She is worried a bit about Seth, though. Sally and Seth have had a great working relationship as peers for three years. However, Seth wanted the leadership job, too, and has been...
by Christi Barrett | Culture
Can you be a leader of character and competence in a power-based, undermining or bullying culture where you don’t reap what you sow? This is an environment in which the world REALLY needs a new kind of leader. Leaders, look in the mirror. As Meghan Butler writes...
by Christi Barrett | Choice, Leadership
Humanergy believes that leadership isn’t limited to people with a certain title or years of experience. We love Drew Dudley’s Ted Talk on everyday leadership.He says that we’ve made “leader” a title we might one day deserve. Instead, we...
by Christi Barrett | Communication, Mutual Understanding
Few things are more frustrating than speaking with someone who isn’t listening. Distracted by their phone a noisy room or busy mind, bad listeners seem to be multiplying in modern society.What’s a communicator to do?Rebecca Knight on HBR has some great...
by Christi Barrett | About Humanergy, Change
I was pumped when I heard that our own Michelle VanderMeer, Humanergy coach and trainer extraordinaire, was going to have her career transition story featured in a new ebook. I was prepared to like it, just because, well, it features Michelle, who is intelligent and...