Leadership: Communication
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Three practices for thriving in tough negotiations
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Objection handling
7
Resilience & grit
5
- Your own reactions are the biggest obstacle in any negotiation.
- Positions state what people want; interests reveal why — and unlock deals.
- Ignoring who's not at the table will kill an agreement after it's made.
Using technology intentionally to build real professional relationships
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Remote teams
8
Work-life balance
5
- Technology isolates as much as it connects — intentionality is the fix
- Upgrade from email to phone to video; each step adds human signal
- Mastermind groups and course cohorts turn remote work into community
How leaders can make it safe for people to share hard truths
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
10
Management
7
- 85% of employees stay silent even when the issue feels important
- Go to their turf, their time, their preferred medium — not yours
- Explicitly signal you can handle bad news; don't assume they know
Balancing empathy, innovation, and career direction in leadership
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
8
Communication
7
Goal setting
5
- Framing employee requests as either/or usually limits better solutions.
- Make many small innovation bets before committing to a few big ones.
- Two smaller career jumps beat one leap across role and industry simultaneously.
Influencing peers, handling departures, and developing as a leader
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Communication
7
- Agree on how to decide before deciding — it changes everything.
- Silence after a firing is worse than partial, careful communication.
- Flexibility beats parent-specific perks for retaining any employee.
How to handle personal connection, performance problems, and knowledge transfer
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
8
Coaching
7
- Personal connection at work outperforms formal distance — ignore the naysayers.
- Entrenched poor performance needs movement, not just acknowledgement.
- Near-retirement employees hoard knowledge out of fear — recognition unlocks it.
How to navigate difficult conversations by separating intent from impact
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Conflict resolution
8
- Intent and impact are separate topics — conflating them derails every conversation.
- Explaining your good intentions shifts focus away from harm you caused.
- Staying curious instead of defensive is what earns you the right to be heard.
How a chief of staff multiplies executive leadership capacity
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Communication
7
Processes & SOPs
5
- The chief's only agenda is to serve the leader's agenda — full stop.
- Chiefs avert problems at level 10 before they become level 100.
- The one person explicitly hired to tell the leader the truth.
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How to handle passive-aggressive behaviour at work
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Conflict resolution
9
Communication
7
Management
6
- Labelling passive aggression almost always makes things worse
- Address the underlying concern, not the way it's delivered
- Managers must tackle it — silence breeds artificial harmony
How to lead engaging online events with intentional design
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
8
Processes & SOPs
7
- Engagement must be engineered in — virtual serendipity doesn't happen by accident.
- Breakout rooms give every participant a voice, not just the vocal few.
- Separate your technical host from your presenter for high-stakes events.
Four storytelling mistakes leaders make and how to fix them
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Public speaking
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Organisations are emotional systems — data alone never moves people.
- One 90-second story transformed World Bank's strategy faster than years of slides.
- Story capability must be built deliberately, not hoped for.
How leaders create cultures where people speak up
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
9
Communication
6
- Near-miss near space: staying silent almost caused a midair collision
- NASA punished hiding mistakes far more than making them
- Rookies spot what experience has learned to overlook
How to build executive presence through mindset, skills, and physical conditioning
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
8
Identity & self-belief
8
Public speaking
5
- Stop chasing adjectives — define the outcome you want others to feel.
- Presence = credibility plus relatability, both deliberately developed.
- Mindset is the hardest conditioning layer, and the only sustainable one.
How personal clarity in leadership drives employee engagement
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
10
Communication
9
Hiring & recruitment
7
- Knowing your own why makes it possible to genuinely lead others
- Stock interview answers reveal nothing — ask what really motivates people
- Culture is the how behind strategy; slides alone never fix comprehension
Radical Candor: how to challenge directly while caring personally
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Communication
7
- Ruinous empathy is more harmful long-term than being a jerk
- Solicit feedback before giving it — silence for six seconds works
- Praise the wrong thing and you damage trust more than silence would