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Conflict Management

AVOIDING Conflict is NOT the Goal » Being able to engage naturally, easily, respectfully, and constructively in the midst of a conflict is something we all can learn – and is something that can serve us all well, once learned. That we can then help others improve their own conflict competencies raises everyone’s game, and makes conflict something far less daunting and distressing for everyone, as well. » www.ggci.com/publications/avoiding-conflict-is-not-the-goal.pdf.
4 Ways to Manage Conflict in the Office » Guidelines on how to resolve conflict when you’re the new guy in the office. » www.ggci.com/Articles/TheLadders-2010-01-05.htm.
Becoming More Conflict Competent » Another Leadership Development Tutorial. » LeadershipTraction.com/tutorials/conflict-competence.pdf.
To Arrange to Take the Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP) Assessment » Contact LeadershipTraction to learn how.
More from the Archives » www.ggci.com/Articles#conflict.

Performance Management

Employee Performance Discussions: 10 Important Things a Boss MUST Know How to Say » Don’t let not knowing what to say – or how to say it – undermine your credibility as the boss. » www.employee-discussions.com.
Levels of Leadership Success » Another Leadership Development Tutorial. » LeadershipTraction.com/tutorials/leadership-success.pdf.
More from the Archives » www.ggci.com/Articles#performance-mgmt.

Becoming a More Influential Leader

Leadership Moves: Leadership Development. Simplified. » Leadership Moves is an email-based learning series of 32 tips, tricks, and helpful hints to help you become a better Leader. Delivered right to your email inbox, receive a new Leadership Lesson every two-to-three days. » www.leadershipmoves.com.
Elements of Executive Intelligence » A Leadership Development Tutorial. » LeadershipTraction.com/tutorials/executive-intelligence.pdf.
More from the Archives » www.ggci.com/Articles#leadership.

Executive Courage

Fostering Executive Courage » A Leadership Development Tutorial. » LeadershipTraction.com/tutorials/fostering-executive-courage.pdf.
The Botany of Self Doubt » What is it about self-doubt that make us so … self-doubting – and what can be done about it. » http://ggci.com/blog3/2010/06/botany-of-self-doubt/.
The Five (or Six) Truths About Fear » Key lessons from Susan Jeffer’s Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway … plus a little bit more. » http://www.ggci.com/blog2/2008/06/five-or-six-truths-about-fear.htm.
Crisis Management: Planning for the Inevitable, by Steven Fink » How to better forecast, isolate it, and manage crises. » http://www.ggci.com/NotJustTalk/2005/10/4qtr2005-book-review-crisis-management.htm.
Managing the Crisis You Tried to Prevent, by Norman R. Augustine » Almost every crisis contains the seeds of success as well as the roots of failure. Finding, cultivating, harvesting – and benefiting from – that potential success is the essence of TRUE crisis management. » http://hbr.org/product/managing-the-crisis-you-tried-to-prevent/an/95602-PDF-ENG?N=4294958509%25204294962662.

Networking Skills

How To Improve Your Networking Skills » www.ggci.com/Articles/quest-networking-skills.htm.
Career Strategist » How to Network Effectively » www.ggci.com/Articles/MSM-March2006.htm.
How NOT to Network »
More from the Archives » www.ggci.com/Articles#networking

Interviewing Skills

Name It; Frame It; then Claim It – A Special Report, for Interviewees, on the Inner-Game of Powerful Interviewing » Powerful Interviewing is more than just answering questions asked. It’s about having – and sharing – a unique, and compelling, point-of-view that starts with your Interviewing Inner-Game. » www.ggci.com/nameit.
3 Steps to Rate Every Job Offer » Apply the R.I.G.H.T. Job method to analyze and rate every job offer. » www.ggci.com/Articles/TheLadders-2010-07-01.htm.
Should I, or Shouldn’t I? A Decision Matrix Tutorial » Learn how to objectively assess that job offer without having to rely so heavily on your gut feel. It’s an excellent tool for a variety of other important decisions you’re likely to face, too. » www.ggci.com/decision-matrix.
Help Them Say Yes: Provide a 90-Day Plan» www.ggci.com/Articles/TheLadders-2006-03-06.htm.
Interviewee Excellence »

Teamwork

Navigating the High Seas of Teamwork » LeadershipTraction.com/articles/navigating-the-high-seas-of-teamwork.pdf.

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Short presentations (available for on-line pdf* viewing or ppsx** download) on important leadership development topics to help clarify and focus your thinking and next steps.