difficult conversations

Stop avoiding conflict and start advocating for yourself

By |2022-10-29T13:04:42-04:00October 29th, 2022|Business, Deborah Grayson Riegel in Fast Company|

Some conversations feel more manageable than others. It’s easy to talk with your colleagues about the Netflix show you’ve been binging, the vacation you have coming up, or even the annoying coworker you have in common. Other conversations feel trickier, especially those where we are concerned about rocking the boat, worried about hurting someone’s feelings,

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Stop Complaining About Your Colleagues Behind Their Backs

By |2022-06-29T08:29:06-04:00June 29th, 2022|Business, Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review|

In my coaching work with leaders and teams, I often ask my clients whether they engage in workplace gossip. More often than not, they respond, “of course not!” with a look on their faces that indicates that they are insulted to have been asked such a question. But when I ask them whether they have

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