by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Jan 17, 2018 | Difficult People, Work/Life Balance
I was recently asked in a communication skills training, “How do we bring the two sides of our country closer together?” My response was simple, but sad … “I don’t know”. America has not been this divided in many years, maybe back to the Civil War – which was...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Jan 17, 2018 | Difficult People
Even when we give highly skilled, well thought out, constructive feedback… the recipient is likely to get defensive. At that point, they are no longer listening and we may call them “difficult” or “resistant”. In our blog Giving feedback to a difficult person we...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Jan 17, 2018 | Leadership
Everyone is under pressure to do more with less and do it faster. As a result, leaders often focus on giving directions rather than engaging employees. It’s faster and easier to tell people what to do… but that means you’ll always have to tell them what to do. Very...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Nov 15, 2016 | Communication, Leadership, T.E.A.M.
This is the final chapter in our blog on how to use the 7 keys to effective leadership with each of the T.E.A.M. styles. Our first article presented the seven keys and each of the others have discussed how to adapt them to each of the four styles. See our...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Nov 15, 2016 | Difficult People, Work/Life Balance
The campaign season was like a war On November 11th, a few days after the election we celebrated Veterans Day. It was originally called Armistice Day to celebrate the end of World War I and the treaty that promised to end all war, forever. As we’ve seen...
