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Try this Tip: Describe behavior. When providing feedback to colleagues and employees, focus on behaviors. In other words, as you and your conversation partner discuss an observed event or action, [...]

Try this Tip: Focus on the future. When providing feedback to colleagues and employees, lean forward (not literally!). At some point in a feedback conversation, it’s time to plan ahead [...]

Try this Tip: Value input from subordinates. We take this leadership tip from William Vanderbloemen’s recent article in Fast Company. “Pope Francis has shown he recognizes the [...]

Try this Tip: Take risks. We take this leadership tip from William Vanderbloemen’s recent article in Fast Company. “In the first few months of his papacy, Pope Francis took risks. He [...]

Try this Tip: Flatten your organization. We take this leadership tip from William Vanderbloemen’s recent article in Fast Company. “Pope Francis bypassed bureaucracy and reevaluated [...]

Try this Tip: Don’t ignore social media. We take this leadership tip from William Vanderbloemen’s recent article in Fast Company. “Social media has proved one of the most [...]

Try this Tip: Be accessible. We take this leadership tip from William Vanderbloemen’s recent article in Fast Company. “Pope Francis has… been seen getting around Rome in a Ford [...]

Try this Tip: Deliver your message more than once if you expect people to “get it.” Repeat, repeat, repeat. By the time leaders are ready to introduce a change, they’ve been [...]

Try this Tip: Give both personal and public recognition. Some leaders ask employees how they want to be recognized. Honoring an individual’s desired recognition is wise. At other times, however, [...]

Try this tip: Seek out and answer the tough questions. Resist becoming defensive when someone asks a tough question. Instead, take a deep breath and calmly answer difficult questions. If you [...]