What to do when your people feel threatened by development opportunities.

Connecting the dots is a leadership communication skill that is simple and so powerful to bring your team members along with your thinking, your vision, and even the way you listen to them. Practicing connecting the dots makes leaders better listeners and better strategic thinkers.

Leaders: Learn how to manage your feelings at work.

Leaders: Learn to be direct in addressing your teams.

Identify a place you’re feeling stuck. What would it look like to go for the win-win?

Eliciting a fear response inherently means you’re not getting the best from your team members.

Be careful not to confuse lack of alignment with lack of trust.

Your role as a leader is to learn these preferences and model the best approach based on the context.

Experience is a layer of wisdom and nuance that underpins your leadership messaging.

This leader will have to harness both the courage and the humility to try something new at a regular team forum.