by Karen Darrin | Jun 4, 2019 | Health
Coaching is an essential leadership skill that works best when the leader is in the right frame of mind. Your best mindset is to approach coaching interactions by being open-minded, non-judgmental and always assuming positive intent. Here is a framework you can try....
by Karen Darrin | May 29, 2019 | Health
Good questions are the foundation of effective career discussions. They can help you better understand your employees, demonstrate your genuine interest in their professional development and create a healthy dialogue about how they can move forward in their careers....
by Karen Darrin | Mar 4, 2019 | Health
Last week, I wrote about how an introverted professional can excel as a manager. There are specific skills an introvert can bring to a team that an extrovert typically does not naturally exhibit. Those skills are: Introverts are motivated by productivity, rather than...
by Karen Darrin | Jan 22, 2019 | Health
We frequently find ourselves managing in situations of strategic ambiguity—when it isn’t clear where you’re going or how you’ll get there. It can feel like slogging through mud. Investments are stalled. Decisions are deferred. Resources are frozen. Fear, uncertainty,...
by Karen Darrin | Jul 10, 2018 | Health
Daniel Coyle, the author of The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups, spent four years researching many successful teams to better understand how groups thrive, along with what doesn’t work. “While culture can feel like magic, it’s not,”...