Taking on a new executive leadership role can be challenging. Whether you’re new to the organization or the position, it’s important to build trusting relationships from the start. These five keys will help you engage your team and employees, and set the stage for success. For more information about leadership communication, check out my article in AMA Quarterly.
What’s the #1 problem with conflict?
Conflicting ideas and perspectives are good. We know this can lead to creativity, breakthroughs, and more, which is how we get and experience progress.
The problem is that many people lack the skill to separate their own identities from their personal points of view in order to take that next step to consider different ideas.
This lack of skill leads many of us to dig in our heels and become immovable, insisting that our perspective is the only one that’s “correct”.