Here’s nonsense at work with a trap to avoid if you want to land a job or get a promotion. Some populist life-skills coaches promote the idea that you should build your strengths, while ignoring your weaknesses. They argue that you are employed and rewarded for your strengths, not to work on your weaknesses. This…
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#10: The three most important words I have learned
Here’s nonsense at work. Let me share with you the three most important words I learned as a consultant. Listen carefully: “I don’t know.” Yes, yes, I know that consultants are not normally paid for not knowing. Nor are leaders. But leaders and consultants can be at their most effective when they admit to not…