Tag: peoplemanager
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difficult conversations with direct reports
Difficult conversations are part of life (and work). When you are managing the work and careers of others, you will inevitably have to tackle a difficult conversation topic, like negative performance feedback or personality issues, with the people who work for you. If you are nervous when you have these kinds of conversations, your intention…
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chatGPT + your professional development
ChatGPT and other AI language models have been the headline of what seems like every news article or conversation recently. There are some obvious and easy uses of these kinds of tools – gathering information, text and code writing or editing, summarization, translation. What about uses related to your professional development? How can you use…
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workplace courage
You might not think specifically about having courage in the workplace, but navigating the office environment takes a great deal of it. You’ll have to work with new people, ask for advice or help, escalate issues, deliver bad news, raise questions in large groups…the list goes on. For a lot of people, these kinds of…
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managing others
At some point in your career, you become the “Boss.” You get the opportunity to manage the work and the careers of others. There are countless management and leadership articles and books that address this multifaceted topic. A lot of responsibility comes with the position. It is challenging to manage your work and the work…