Tip number eight of eight - use a predictable template when giving feedback. I've learned and taught a lot about feedback over the...

Tip number seven (of the eight ideas I originally shared ) is to prep your feedback before you give it. Now you might be saying, "Kate,...

Tip number six (out of the eight I originally outlined ) is that to make feedback useful, it has to be delivered while there's still time...

Tip number five (out of the eight originally shared ) is to make sure that giving feedback is not a rare occurrence. When we think about...

Imagine you're about to give some unpleasant critical feedback to someone who is definitely going to have a hard time taking it. What's...

Tip number three (out of the eight I originally outlined ) is that to make feedback useful, it needs to be specific and not a vague or...

Let's say that you want to give your direct report some feedback on the meeting they just ran. You have the idea of the behavior you...

When I was acting, I got a lot of feedback that really wasn't helpful. "You're too tall for this role." "We need someone older." "We...

When I first started managing people, I knew I was going to have to give feedback. I was nervous because the only real first-hand...

In a world filled with constant change, the way you approach new opportunities can make all the difference. Your mindset impacts the way...

It's becoming increasingly more apparent that HR teams are facing challenges that other teams just don't face -- challenges that are more...

If you've never worked in HR, you just can't know what it's like to be an organization's therapist, coach, statistician, legal...

My fellow coach, Ian Lopez, has contributed this fantastic post -- check him out at www.cambioleadership.com As adults, we have the...

Good listening is key to all kinds of things -- understanding what's being asked (and what isn't), building relationships and trust, and...

I went to my college reunion this past weekend and was struck by how many of my classmates were doing incredible work -- projects they...

In yesterday's HR Swap, we focused on how to deal with the high volume and wide variety of problems people bring to HR without taking on each problem as your own. Problems people were facing ranged widely, from hiring managers who wanted to hire in states where the company doesn't operate to managers wanting to fire people they hadn't documented as underperforming. The complexity and uniqueness of the kinds of issues HR professionals face would be funny if they didn't actual

In last week's HR Swap, we had a fantastic conversation about what it means to be "strategic" and how the participants decide where to focus their energy. We defined being strategic in a variety of ways, all of which laddered up to making something better and more efficient. So many HR professionals are overloaded with day-to-day tasks in addition to big-picture cultural shifts that any project or initiative that gets your attention should be one that makes not just the live

The last of the Seven Boundaries at Work are Internal Boundaries, and these are important not just at work, but in any relationship you have -- both with other people and with yourself. (Interested in the others? They are Physical Boundaries , Conversational Boundaries , Material Boundaries , Time Boundaries , Emotional Boundaries , and Mental Boundaries .) Internal Boundaries – To manage your feelings and decide what you do with them This is the boundary that protects you

In keeping with the theme I've been working on lately, this post about Mental Boundaries will be somewhat similar to my previous posts on Physical Boundaries , Conversational Boundaries , Material Boundaries , Time Boundaries , and Emotional Boundaries in that it outlines what Mental Boundaries are, what it looks like when they're violated, and how you might stand up for your boundary going forward. Mental Boundaries – To have your own thoughts, values, opinions, ideas, and

If you haven't been following along, you might want to check out my previous posts on Physical Boundaries , Conversational Boundaries , Material Boundaries , and Time Boundaries each of which covers a different way to protect and differentiate yourself at work and in life. In this post, we'll be looking at one of the trickier boundaries, Emotional Boundaries. Emotional Boundaries – To choose how emotionally available you are to others, how much of others’ energy you take on