Without open lines of communication, it can be a struggle to build a healthy operational environment or team culture, causing your entire organization to suffer. Here’s how to do it the right way.

Politics may have once been considered taboo at work, but now employees expect their offices to be somewhere they can engage in those types of conversations safely — and they want their employers to ...

Most people don’t relish the thought of difficult conversations and research from the Chartered Management Institute found that 57% of managers would do almost anything to avoid one[i]. According to ...

Workers spend almost four hours per day on average communicating through email, instant messaging, and video or phone calls, according to a 2023 survey from Zoom. Alison Wood Brooks, author of Talk: ...

Not many people like having difficult conversations. Yet, the reality is that, as leaders, we must be willing to sit with the difficult feelings involved and engage in hard conversations. From ...

Feedback has the power to motivate and improve performance, but it often backfires. Instead of sparking growth, it can trigger defensiveness or lead to silence. Some people soften their words so much ...

Too often, managers stifle conversation without realizing it – hijacking meetings without providing space for discussion and jumping in with their own solutions to problems that are brought to them.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES - JUNE 27: President of the United States Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump participate in the first Presidential Debate at CNN Studios. (Photo by Kyle ...

With the presidential election right around the corner, employees may want to discuss their beliefs more freely at work, but not all of them feel safe enough to do so — which could affect recruiting ...