“AI is such a transformative innovation that the Vatican – yup, you read that right – recently spoke out, releasing a paper on the benefits and potential dangers of AI. It agrees AI can be very helpful, but it also says the technology carries the ‘shadow of evil.’ Is this something you need to think …
“One of the best ways to keep this momentum and let it carry you through well beyond January involves setting up systems. For example, you can block out time such as 7 to 8 p.m. (or whatever time works best) to apply to jobs online and reach out to your network. Make it an automatic …
“Whether it’s hitting the gym more, drinking less, or eating healthier, a new year usually means New Year’s resolutions. While they’re pretty easy to make they’re much harder to make stick. In a survey of 1,050 Americans ages 18 to 80, the most popular resolutions revolved around saving more money (21%), eating healthier (19%) and exercising more …
“Workplace experts say workplace toxicity ultimately won’t be resolved by HR, the courts, or LinkedIn. They made the case for employees working out issues together and holding each other accountable. ‘Technology has given us more convenient escapes from the vulnerability required to solve relationships problems,’ says Joseph Grenny, a cofounder of the corporate training company …
“Resolutions often fail because people never turn them into habits, said author Justin Hale, an adviser and speaker at leadership and management consulting company Crucial Learning. “‘Research shows that 40% of what we do day in and day out are habits. Habits are things that you do without even thinking. You do those things like …
“I spoke with Joseph Grenny, founder of workplace education platform Crucial Learning, about election jitters. He commented that ‘Until we can find peaceful ways of disagreeing, we have no hope of creating real peace in the world, or even the workplace. Fortunately, I’ve found it is possible to talk with almost anyone about almost anything, …
“Communication between lower-level workers and senior management may also be a point of dissatisfaction. An engaged worker can still feel frustrated with how they communicate with their boss. Joseph Grenny of Crucial Learning considers this to be a significant reason for the decline in satisfaction. “‘If employers aren’t creating a climate where it’s psychologically safe …
“If you want to reduce the temperature of a conversation, just reduce that tempo. Start by lowering your volume, slowing your pace, and that can be really effective. Another thing you we have found so helpful and I think is so central to enter the conversation, is to really try and get yourself to a …
“As workers return to their offices, Joseph Grenny, best-selling author of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, notices they’ve lost interpersonal social skills. In some cases, this is similar to the initial transition to remote work in 2020 in the reverse. During the pandemic, workers had to learn how to communicate virtually (which caused …
Writes David Brooks: “In their book Crucial Conversations, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler point out that every conversation takes place on two levels. The official conversation is represented by the words we are saying on whatever topic we are talking about. The actual conversations occur amid the ebb and flow of …
