Instead of trying to sound "professional," aim to sound real. 

We can become better leaders and collaborators by augmenting our negotiation skills through building trust, communicating proactively, and expressing ourselves confidently.

Designing your meetings makes them more successful and more concise. Use these three concepts to design your meetings today.

Teams come together for various operational reasons. Knowing why you bring your team together will help clarify its purpose and motivate members to bring their best.

A huge part of leadership is communicating well -- getting your message across effectively.

However, if the goal is to build alignment, ultimately, the team will want to get itself to a point where it can execute the skill of dialogue well.

Confidence levels can actually be tied to your ability to figure something out.

Communicating up is a key part of managing up. However, it can feel like an extraneous task to write an email or put a deck together for work that is already done.

In leadership development, navigating interpersonal dynamics plays a key role and so much of the angst I see in my leadership coaching clients is because they are taking the actions of their colleagues personally.

Use the COIN method to offer feedback to your teams in a way that’s separated from the emotion of the situation.