I say it's smart to welcome objections to your ideas. Why? They are signals you are getting closer to yes. How's that? Change is uncomfortable and one way you and I protect ourselves is through objections. But think about it, you don't object to things that have no impact on you. For example, you're...

Thanks for your e-mails. Here's one we received from Brad in New York:

"I manage some very insecure people that are constantly looking to me for direction and compliments. I compliment as much good work as I can, but sometimes I feel like I am just feeding mammoth egos. How may one go about positive...

The good news about meetings is that they are opportunities for people to jointly figure out ways to do things better. The bad news about meetings is nothing gets done afterwards. When you are the boss, how can you lead people to actually do what they say in the meeting they will do? Here are 5 smar...

Business meetings can make you feel like a manic depressive. It's easy to feel excited when great ideas are discussed. But at the following meeting it's easy to feel discouraged if there was little follow up. How can you get people to follow through after a meeting, even if you are not the boss?...

Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel, claims their greatest asset is the creativity of the employees. Many organizations boast that their most valuable asset is their people. How to mine the most value out of that asset? Brainstorming. Brainstorming helps you quickly gather collected wisdom for fresh new so...