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Productive Argument: Get Something Out of It

Productive Argument: Get Something Out of It

You need to show your work All of us have found ourselves in a disagreement with someone else. Maybe it was in the business world or in your personal life. That might be particularly true given our recent election or might even be something you’re concerned...
Customer Loyalty: Try Screwing Up

Customer Loyalty: Try Screwing Up

Don’t waste opportunities to create customers for life. As leaders, we tend to think in terms of perfection. Our goal is typically to design systems that help us avoid errors and mistakes. That’s especially true in engineering and science-based disciplines...
Effective Apology: How to Say You’re Sorry

Effective Apology: How to Say You’re Sorry

It’s the first step towards repairing the damage of a mistake We’re all going to screw up in one way or another at home and at work–whether we meant to or not. Stuff happens. The civilized response and solution to when we err is simple: just say...
Difficulty Hiring? It Might be the Job

Difficulty Hiring? It Might be the Job

If the last five people have failed in a job, it isn’t the people, it’s the job In my conversations with CEOs, they often bring up that they are having difficulty hiring for certain job openings–even in the wake of the pandemic where more people find...