by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
As new and emerging leaders, many of you are familiar with the sudden realization that leading has new and more complex responsibilities than your previous role. You may have been promoted because you excelled in your previous positions, but now you have to influence...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
What’s the character of your inner voice? Have you ever found yourself relying upon the numbers, charts, and data, forgetting there’s a human element to the decisions you make? If so, you’re not alone. Many of us exhibit a pattern of...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
Everyone has their own way of getting their point across, especially in crucial situations. Last week in the Leader’s Exchange Sandbox article, I talked about the ‘judge’ inside us all—the tendency to be overly critical of ourselves, others, and our...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
Have you listened to yourself, lately? I mean, your inner voice, the one that sounds like a scolding parent or teacher you had back in the day. I have read the studies. It’s not just me. We have an average of 70,000 thoughts a day, 90% are the same ones as the day...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
Do you work with ‘that guy’ who has you scratching your head? That guy can do many different things, and to you, they are frustrating and perplexing. That guy might… Talk incessantly about mundane things. Ask multiple questions, leaving no space for you to answer....
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
Why do we use the word ‘silo’ to describe workplace behavior where teams and members fail to share valuable information within the same company? The term, originally referring to a farm structure for storing grain, seems an odd choice. Yet, it effectively captures a...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
Here they come. You have been expecting it! You had the feeling that they were not happy about something. It starts… ‘I have been meaning to talk to you about something, is now a good time?” You have to say yes, even though you have a million other things calling...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
It’s Monday – Another Week to Slog through the Monotony and Crisis You drag yourself into the office earlier than your team, trying desperately to organize the mountain of tasks, e-mails, memos and missed calls, before the day unravels. You know the truly important...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
Who did you have a tough conversation with today? Was it with your demanding boss, a dissatisfied customer, or a Team Member who is struggling? Those are tough conversations, but not with the person I think is the toughest. You! I mean the one who is constantly...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts, Leadership
Is there someone on your Team, you know is struggling, but you don’t know what to do about it? I can say with certainty that the majority of Leaders reading this are nodding their heads. There are many reasons why people are struggling, and the most common lament is...
