An Example of Effective Negotiation #5

Dr. Margaret Ann Neale is a distinguished professor of management and the director of the Influence and Negotiation Strategies Executive Program at Stanford University. She received an email from her dean that she would need to move from teaching five courses to...

Plussing – Add to ideas and decrease offense

We all know that we need honest feedback to improve and grow. Lavishing praise on people all the time doesn’t help them. But we also know that it can be difficult to give honest feedback without creating a toxic environment and shutting the creative juices of...

6 Things that Influence Our Perception

We see things not as they are, but as we are. Many wise teachers have used the quote above over the last several centuries. And it is so true. We see the world through the lenses of our own experiences. We think that we see the world as it is, but the truth is that we...

Generous Thinking will Make Your Life so Much Better

Generous thinking assumes the best about people Generous thinking and my specialist consultant Recently, I consulted a specialist to see one of my hospitalized patients. I was hoping to get her recommendation the same day I consulted her. Two days later, I...

How to be a Great PAL: 3 Keys Ingredients to a Great Relationship

Last month, I had the opportunity to listen to the renown marriage and family expert Jim Burns. He shared some simple but profound ingredients to effective relationships that inspired me to think differently about my relationships. Since then, I’ve spent some...