Guy Harris

09/27/2019

Which Peanuts character are you?

https://discpersonalitytesting.com/blog/which-peanuts-character-are-you/

06/05/2018

My friends and colleagues Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel just released a great book for anyone who leads a team at a distance. Here's some info about it.

Here's the final of our 19 Rules for Remarkable Remote Leaders. It's also Launch Day for ! Order your copy today and get the definitive guide for leading remote teams. http://ow.ly/7chF30kivaH

04/01/2015

Emotions are the Greatest Barrier to Change http://wp.me/pLRuV-1gL

I often say that facts dictate the need for change and emotions create the barrier to it. The issue of understanding and addressing the emotional factors that slow change efforts – both organizational and personal – appears in many ways across the landscape of change management and behavior change literature. Changing from one way of doing things (behavior) to a different one… [ 518 more words. ]

11/25/2014

Three Ways to Deal with an Angry Person http://wp.me/pLRuV-1gu

How do you like dealing with an angry person? If you're like most of the people I know, you hate it. And, you occasionally have to do it. While some people seem to have a knack for helping others "back off the edge," most people feel at least a little bit nervous or apprehensive about these situations. I happen to be one of those people. [ 706 more words. ]

11/25/2014

Three Communication Strategies Guaranteed to Irritate Others http://wp.me/pLRuV-1gn

In workshops and coaching conversations, I receive many questions about the right way to communicate an idea. Sadly, I cannot define the absolutely, most correct, “right” way to communicate an idea – particularly if the idea is communicated during a conflict conversation. I can, however, identify several definitively wrong ways to do it. In today’s post, I’m going to share three communication strategies that are virtually guaranteed to irritate other people, and I’ll tell you what to do instead. [ 346 more words. ]

05/11/2012

http://recoveringengineer.com/leadership-skills/change-management-lessons-surprise-breeds-inaction/

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02/29/2012

Nearly everyone irritates me to some extent. Even the people close to me — my wife, my kids, my friends, and my professional colleagues — irritate me from time to time. All of them have body gestures, word choices, and tones that get under my skin because I see them as rude, impatient, inconsiderate...

12/15/2011

Excited that From Bud to Boss made runner-up status in a list of top 10 business books of 2011 (link below)

12/15/2011

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/management/morning-manager/best-business-books-of-2011/article2269675/page2/

From a pioneering book on management to an engrossing biography of an iconic leader – the year’s top reads

11/20/2011

Excellent comments from a master on Change Management.

It’s not easy – both creating change or answering questions about creating change. Dr. John Kotter says you need to get buy-in to enact real change.

10/12/2011

Leading a Bud to Boss Workshop in Anaheim with 29 great people.