Reclaiming Your Time:  Tips for Handling a Conversation Hogger

You’ve been looking forward to this conversation with your colleagues to share ideas about a topic of great mutual interest. Naturally, you’re expecting a little give and take. Instead, someone hijacks the conversation, clearly in love with the sound of their own voice to the exclusion of all others. By the end of the “conversation,” […]

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Tips for Naming the Elephant in the Room, Safely

“Whoa! What the %^&$ is happening here? Let’s knock it off right now!” Clearly, this is not the best way to call a time out when a meeting spirals out of control, especially when higher-ups are around the table. But remaining silent won’t stop a dysfunctional meeting in its tracks, either. Whether you’re the meeting

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What’s Worse: Principles Without Scruples, or Scruples Without Principles?

Just because someone has strong principles, they may not have scruples. And someone with scruples may not have principles. It happens more often than you think. Case in point: Marta is a senior ops manager for a Fortune 50 conglomerate. She believes the key to profitability is an unwavering focus on efficiency and shows no

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