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Valuable advice regardless of who you are talking to.

How do you raise difficult issues with your boss and others who are important to you? Simple, effective and meaningful article.

Demonstrate composure, curiosity, and a willingness to adapt when navigating an issue.

What's a conversation you need to have at work but have been avoiding? For difficult topics you need to discuss with your boss, consider these helpful ideas for addressing this need and creating more opportunity for your future growth. #makeithappenmidcareer #leadershipdevelopment #coaching

Demonstrate composure, curiosity, and a willingness to adapt when navigating an issue.

First: “pick the right fight” that’s really worthy of pursuing. Second: find a leader who will use the 1-on-1 meetings to focus on the employee’s needs. Third: follow the 5-steps guided below. The article below reminds us that it is possible to bring emotional topics “to the table” so we can explore solutions with the leaders who care for us. At the same time, the above is possible when we have enough leaders to genuinely care for us. As I was reading the article, my thoughts draw me to both extremes of experiences I’ve gone through - with and without such caring leaders when I needed their help. I’m also reminded to not lose hope if we don’t yet have one of those leaders. Let’s be one of those leaders ourselves so that over time our actions will attract more leaders to join hands to care for team members. In my view, everyone in a team deserves the care to feel belonged, included, supported to grow.

A practical Harvard Business Review article containing a 5-step structure for potentially "challenging" 121s with your manager. This will be useful for delegates attending my 'Managing Up' workshop this afternoon or those who've attended previous sessions. #managingup #leadershipdevelopment #preparation #visualization #solutionsnotproblems #support #activelistening #challenges

NEW BLOG POST on people pleasing and conflict competence! "By avoiding conflict and prioritizing harmony at all costs, organizations inadvertently enable toxic behaviors." Curious to learn what's behind people-pleasing behaviors and how they impact your team and organizational culture? Want to improve your conflict competence? Check out the article Judy Oyedele, MSOD, ACC and I wrote for Greater Public. Excited to share the publication! https://lnkd.in/evN3qGhC

Thrive in an age of conflict In our homes, workplaces, and around the world, devastating disagreements are poisoning our relationships and paralyzing our ability to discuss critical issues. But conflict doesn’t have to be destructive. In fact, I will demonstrate how constructive conflict negotiation can open up a world of possibilities. By learning actionable framework – you’ll be empowered to approach conflict with curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. The framework: Go to the Balcony: Pausing to shift from reactive to proactive, zoom in to focus attention on what you really want and zoom out to see the bigger picture. Build a Golden Bridge: Listening deeply to both sides and creating options for mutual gain, learn to attract parties to a solution by making it easy for them to say yes. Engage the Third Side: Activating the hidden power of the people and community around us, swarm the problem with fresh ideas and influence. Put what you’ve learned into practice!

Expressing a concern is tough enough, and it's even harder when you need to talk to your boss about it. This article has some useful suggestions to guide you through discussing that issue during your next one-on-one meeting: