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“It’s not you, it’s me!” Minding your negative projections

If you are familiar with the term, negative projection, then you know it gets a bad rap. It’s seen as immature defense mechanism we use to split off the feelings or judgements we have about ourselves and displace them onto others to feel better about ourselves. But it’s not all bad. Negative projections can also

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It’s goal-setting time: try expanding their horizons!

Many leaders come to us with aspirations for their direct reports to demonstrate stronger enterprise leadership. If you can relate, try one of these enterprise-focused questions with your direct reports to expand their horizons, elevate their game, and excite them about what’s possible. You’ll be amazed by what they say. Broadening Questions Beyond your functional

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Timely refresher about navigating difficult conversations

When we facilitate leadership development programs, no HAVEN workshop is as popular as our Navigating Difficult Conversations workshops. So, we wanted to alert you to a recent HBR article, “Managing a Polarized Workforce,” that beautifully dovetails with our methodology and offers tips and consideration of context that are so essential when welcoming diverse perspectives.   Our favorite part?  The “triangle”

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