Trigger Questions

Trigger Question #171: Some leaders talk too much. Other leaders communicate too little. And then there are leaders who need an audience to listen...

Trigger Question #170: Years ago, a client said to me that her use of the word “surfacing” has been overly optimistic because it has...

Trigger Question #169: When we are called upon to speak up, many of us go roaming. We waffle, we duck and dive, we pussyfoot,...

Trigger Question #168: We plan. And then we make excuses if our plans don’t work out. Not so? Come on, admit it. We all...

Trigger Question #167: Once upon a time, I was the boss of two long-haired black Belgian Shepherds of the Groenendael breed. Basil and...

Trigger Question #166: What should you do when they tell you during your job interview that “we are like a family here”? Run...

Trigger Question #165: Sometimes formal education gets it wrong. Like the time my business school professors taught me to always be ready to...

Trigger Question #164: Planning slows you down. I agree. But sometimes it makes sense to plan, even just a little. And the more sensible...

Trigger Question #163: Let’s assume there are three types of people at work. There are those who do what their job requires; there are...

Trigger Question #162: I’m a shower person, but I’ve had the odd bath or two. My problem with using a bath is that it...

Trigger Question #161: There are two basic ways to push people to achieve more at work. Make them stretch or make them reach....

Trigger Question #160: Sometimes I think we are too quick to blame people when something goes wrong at work. We want to find a culprit,...