What to do when your people feel threatened by development opportunities.

Connecting the dots is a leadership communication skill that is simple and so powerful to bring your team members along with your thinking, your vision, and even the way you listen to them. Practicing connecting the dots makes leaders better listeners and better strategic thinkers.

Leaders: Learn how to manage your feelings at work.

Leaders: Learn to be direct in addressing your teams.

Leaders can raise awareness of the quality of their thinking by using these three ways.

Identify a place you’re feeling stuck. What would it look like to go for the win-win?

Eliciting a fear response inherently means you’re not getting the best from your team members.

Every team gets stuck, but with the right support, they don't have to stay there.

A high performing team says: We work through disagreements because we're committed to our vision for the difference we're working to make

Be careful not to confuse lack of alignment with lack of trust.