Posts by Karen Jones

In past blogs I’ve utilized and pointed readers to the work of Daniel Goleman.  You likely associate him with emotional intelligence (EQ).  In an article originally published in HBR,Leadership That Gets Results, (2000), Goleman extends the competencies in EQ, (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills) to addressing leadership styles.  He reminds us that we…

Continuing with the important theme of change we remember that the most important part of the change process is the preparation.  So many times I’ve seen C-suite inspired changes that fall flat for lack of pre- buy in.  The plan is doomed from the onset and also suffers from the important input of those with…

Continuing with the theme of change and change management seems appropriate given our current global perspective and certainly our place in history. Generations to come will consider the Covid pandemic and the multitude of other issues we’re dealing with, and our ability to make the changes necessary to preserve among other important considerations, the health…

Of the many lessons we’ve learned from the Covid pandemic, change agility is probably the most profound.  In Southern California where I live, we are back to masking up indoors.  Perhaps some of us never stopped.  But disappointment and grumbling have echoed in my city because consciously or unconsciously, everybody wishes that it could go…

I’ve had some great discussions since last week’s Blog on the topic of derailing.  Several times I heard, “It’s not really my personality to derail, but I go off course when I’m triggered.”  This is pretty common.  Most of us are at our worst when we become emotionally triggered.  In fact, Brenè Brown, PhD would…

If we’re holding the meeting after the meeting, not talking to each other but rather talking about each other, hiding behind dirty yesses, not holding team members accountable… in short, avoiding hard conversations… then we are not being leaders.  As Brenè says: Daring leaders who live into their values are never silent about hard things.  But by…