Why do we get nervous to ask for help? What is it about making a request that causes anxiety and shame? Perhaps it’s fear of seeming needy or helpless, or
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Business Skills & Business Acumen,
Communication & Collaboration
Our last blog on teams was all about the characters that emerge in a crisis situation. The crisis situation takes the focus because it demands priority.
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Leadership & Influence
What is an event you’ve recently experienced at work that you’d call a crisis? What caused this event, and how did it impact you and the people involved?
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Change & Transition,
Communication & Collaboration,
Leadership & Influence
I talk a lot about our mission here at Your Clear Next Step of making workdays better so that we can get home safer, treat our families better, and
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Leadership & Influence
Over the past several years, coffee shops have become more than just a place to grab a drink to jumpstart your day. Most coffee shops have become a remote
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Growth,
Emotional Intelligence
Your Clear Next Step’s mission is to create better workdays, so we can co-create better communities. No matter where you are in your career or life, there
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Growth
Recently, after a session, a participant asked me, “what stage of emotional intelligence do you think is the hardest?” It did not take me long to reply
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Leadership & Influence
Together Everyone Achieves More. We've heard this many times, however, have you stopped to think about what this means to you or how to make it happen
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Leadership & Influence
Chances are, you’ve been involved in conflict at some point in the past, often finding its root in one of these:
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Leadership & Influence
There is no avoiding social interactions or difficult behaviors; we can only do our best to be a positive influence and manage our team effectively.
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Leadership & Influence