Dianna Booher's Blog, page 13
October 26, 2020
How to Deal With an Obnoxious Know-It-All
How to manage an obnoxious employee or vendor? Glad you asked—and I know you’re “asking for a friend” because no […]
October 19, 2020
Bring the Rambling Show-Off to a Stop
You run into ramblers everywhere: On a Zoom webinar. In the board room. In your training class. The reasons vary: […]
October 12, 2020
How to Keep Hypotheticals From Burying You
Suppose you’re in a staff meeting or rolling out a new policy in an all-hands meeting, and Rani, an employee, […]
October 5, 2020
Do You Need a Personal “Advisory Board” as a Leader?
Not a board of directors. Not a mentor. But do you need a team of trusted advisors as a sounding […]
September 28, 2020
Why Do Literary Agents Take So Long to Respond?
“The agent requested my proposal right away after I sent my pitch. But it’s been two weeks, and I haven’t […]
September 21, 2020
How Not to Manage Merger Chaos
Big Bank acquired our Small Bank mid-month (real names removed to protect the guilty). Small Bank notified customers a month […]
September 14, 2020
Great Leaders Master 3 Skills Early
When you think of great leaders, what image comes to mind? For many, they envision a well-known CEO granting an […]
September 7, 2020
How Leaders Communicate Differently From Divas and Deadbeats
Leaders talk often about data and metrics—and new AI possibilities. But some roles and activities defy measurement. For the most […]
August 31, 2020
3 Essentials in Telling Your Story to Insiders
Most professionals need to perfect the same storytelling skills as sales professionals. After all, in selling the executive team’s philosophies […]
August 24, 2020
Dump That Part of Your Communication People Skip
When asked by an aspiring novelist the secret to his success, crime novelist Elmore Leonard replied: “I try to leave […]
