How to Handle the Naysayer on Your Team

April 3, 2016May 11, 2017 | by Jennifer L. Porter

Opposition is essential for effective and productive groups and teams. But almost every team I’ve worked with is annoyed by opposition, considers it unhelpful, and wishes it (and the person) would go away.

How to Give Negative Feedback When Your Organization Is ‘Nice’

March 18, 2016September 29, 2016 | by Jennifer L. Porter

Can a “nice” organization create a culture of candid feedback? It’s possible, but it’s not easy.

When Your Employee Doesn’t Take Feedback

February 12, 2016September 29, 2016 | by Deborah Grayson Riegel

Some leaders can give feedback but can’t make their people take it. Or can they?

The Say Anything Leadership Imperative

July 20, 2015September 29, 2016 | by Chris Charyk

Quaker Oats, NASA, WorldCom, and Duke University—four well-respected organizations, with a common, unfortunate legacy: all experienced major organizational disasters with negative impacts that persisted for years.