by Scott Anderson | Apr 12, 2017 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
This post covers the fourth of six leadership mistakes and how to fix them. In the past few weeks, we’ve covered excuse-making, bad manners, and ego problems; now it’s time to talk about lying. When people are found out as liars, the word spreads like wildfire. This...
by Scott Anderson | Apr 5, 2017 | Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
The third in our series of leadership mistakes and how to fix them, conquering the problem of ego run amok is a tough one—especially for people who are very talented. Ego is often the biggest problem for leaders, and it accounts for about 70 to 80% of the...
by Scott Anderson | Mar 23, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
This is the second post on “What Not To Do And How Not To Do It” about six of the biggest leadership mistakes and how to stop making them. Today we’re going to talk about Excuses—why the excuse-making habit is so destructive and what can be done to overcome this....
by Scott Anderson | Mar 15, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
When we become parents, we tell ourselves we won’t make the same mistakes our parents made; similarly, most leaders start out by telling themselves they won’t make the same mistakes they’ve seen other leaders make. And just as with parenting, it’s easier said...
by Scott Anderson | Feb 8, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
For the next few weeks, I’m going to write about RGT (Roles, Goals, and Tolls) coaching. This method can help you nip a lot of unnecessary management and leadership problems in the bud and even preempt a lot of problems before they can happen. It also gives...
by Scott Anderson | Jan 11, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
Writing in the Wall Street Journal back in 2008, Samuel A. Culvert called for an end to the performance review. By late 2015, HBR published “Why More and More Companies Are Ditching Performance Ratings.” Last summer I looked at some arguments against...
