Three Ways to Learn From Mistakes

There are three ways to learn from mistakes.  The best and easiest way is to learn from other’s mistakes.  The second is to learn from our own mistakes.  And the most painful way is to not learn from our mistakes.  And, of course, the irony is that we all we...

Proactively Handling Conflict in Teams

Most teams have some forms of conflict in them.  It’s just a fact of life.  Where people are involved, there will be some conflict.  Whether it’s egos, conflicting personalities or competition, something will get in the way of productivity.  The idea of...

Now For Some Good Listening Skills

The past two weeks I shared part 1 and part 2 of a list of how to be a bad listener.  These were inspired by a list from the book entitled “The Listening Life” by Adam S. McHugh,  McHugh also offers some suggestions on how to be a good listener.  In this...