Are you in the habit of saying yes to every request, even when it’s not in your best interest? Have you ever felt like a pushover, allowing coworkers or superiors to take advantage of your kindness? It’s time to address the pitfalls of being too nice at...
The term “quiet quitting” is everywhere these days. On TikTok, more than 90 million videos are currently tagged #QuietQuitting. However, while the term “quiet quitting” is new, the concept really isn’t. Definitions of “quiet quitting” vary, but the basics...
It’s the time of year for “best of” lists and articles as we recount memorable moments and events of the past year, and it’s no different for me. May I present my five most-read blog posts from 2021! Nearly two years after the strange, disorienting events of 2020...
In Parts One and Two of this blog series, I wrote about how conflict avoidance seems to be the most common—but also the most ineffective—strategy for handling difficult conversations. Not only is conflict avoidance an ineffective strategy, but putting off difficult...
Let’s face it. Some amount of conflict is part of every workplace. In Part One of this three-part blog series on difficult conversations I wrote about how, despite so much effort by companies to facilitate communication and openness in the workplace, important yet...