Dealing with bluster
January 24, 2016 9:03 pm Leave your thoughtsSome people just try it on. They wrap it up in all kinds of jargon and artifice, official looking letters and impressive sounding names. When it happens, you have to... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Can we dance?
January 23, 2016 7:07 pm Leave your thoughtsThe problem with new people … we’re just not sure. They talk a good game, have all the right answers, but you never really know until things get critical. Same... Read more
Personal commitments
January 22, 2016 8:03 am Leave your thoughtsWhat to do about the commitments we make to ourselves? Let them slide in favour of promises to others, or treat them as sacrosanct? It’s easier to squeeze ourselves than... Read more
Winning arguments
January 21, 2016 8:12 am Leave your thoughtsThere’s a way to deal with conflicts that isn’t confrontational and doesn’t raise heckles (unless someone’s actively looking for a fight). The direct route through difficulty is to: – Remind... Read more
Time to go slow
January 20, 2016 8:02 am Leave your thoughtsThere’s a time for “go big or go home” and a merry bunch of advocates to push that agenda (usually when it’s someone else’s risk) – and there’s a time... Read more