How to Know if Your Boss is a Micromanager (or if you just need help)
Is it micromanagement or the support you need? One of the biggest requests for help we receive is, “How do I deal with my micromanager boss?” In fact, that phrase consistently ranks in the top “Asking for a Friend” questions in our Leadership...
Standing Still
What does it feel like to move at 58,000 miles per hour? Well, it turns out we all know the answer and that even when we’re standing still, so much more is happening than what meets the eye. Hey, it’s David, and you’re listening to...
What’s one piece of career advice you wish you had learned sooner?
Career advice you wish you had learned sooner On this week’s episode of Asking for a Friend, I interviewed Kathryn Heath and Brenda Wensil, authors of I Wish I’d Known This, about the career advice they have after years of professional coaching. In their book, they...
How to Be an Inclusive Leader with Jennifer Brown
What does it mean, practically, to be an inclusive leader? And what happens to your business, team, and leadership when you embark on the journey? In this thoughtful episode, Jennifer Brown takes a deeper dive into what it takes to be an inclusive leader and examines...
How to Ask Powerful Questions for More Connection and Engagement
How to Ask Powerful Questions for More Connection and Engagement A few months ago, I had Chad Littlefield on Asking for a Friend talking about the art of powerful questions. Specifically, the importance of shifting WHY questions to WHAT and HOW questions for more...
Why Your Team Can’t Innovate When You Want Ideas and Try to Help
When Your Team Can’t Innovate It May Be Because of Your “Help” New ideas have a life cycle. Many senior leaders jump in to help their teams refine, grow, or prune an idea before they’re ready – and as a result, their teams can’t...
Make Change Work: How to Translate Your Vision to Practical Behaviors (Video)
Help Your Team Make Change Work: One Behavior at a Time Helping your team make change work is tricky. It’s easy to talk about empowerment, taking appropriate risks, or showing empathy, but it’s quite another to translate those concepts into practical daily...
What Do You Want?
Do you ever feel, out of control, off balance, or reactive when you’re trying to get the results you want, but it’s just not happening for you? Often the difference between confusion and clarity is simply to change focus from what you don’t want to...
