by Jonathan | Jul 5, 2021 | Communication, Culture, Leadership, Relationships, Teams
Looking to build trust with a new team member quickly? Then move faster than you usually do to deepen the relationship. Deepening a work relationship doesn’t mean we become besties with each of our team members. This isn’t about building the type of...
by Jonathan | Jun 15, 2021 | Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Relationships
Humans have honed one skill over all others in the past 250,000 years since cohabitation became a life saving necessity. That skill? The ability to instantly sniff out other people’s BS. The instant we pick up on the faint signal that someone feels disingenuous...
by Jonathan | Nov 18, 2020 | Leadership, Relationships
The 737-MAX is back in action! Now, if you had to board one tonight how you feel? Would it soothe you to know that the FAA Administrator said he was “100% confident” in the airplane? Would you rest easy knowing that there are new pilot training...
by Jonathan | Sep 29, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Skills, Relationships
A different way to keep score in your relationships: Every morning, reset all scores to 0-0.Do you keep score? Come on… Be honest. Who owes you something? It feels normal to keep score. Especially when we are “up” in any relationship. That special...
by Jonathan | Sep 25, 2018 | Relationships
The message from the data is this: we must build relationships with our new team members more quickly. On average, the younger generations stick with an organization for less than 3 years (via the Bureau of Labor Statistics). It may be an age thing. More likely it is...
by Jonathan | Sep 12, 2018 | Relationships
Relationships? They’re so important that I consider them the currency of the future organization. Teams within organizations will continue to compete for the best talent in the years ahead. This job market isn’t going away in the mid term. The better we...