We get defensive because we don’t feel safe. Yet, the last thing we want to do is to respond defensively when we’re receiving negative feedback. Here’s how to stop being a defensive employee.
Author Archive | Rebecca Zucker
5 Ways to Respond to Ageism in a Job Interview
Increasing numbers of older employees in the workforce has surfaced age discrimination. Here are 5 ways to respond to ageisim in a job interview.
How’s Your New Year’s Resolution Working Out?
It’s common to fall down on promises to ourselves and it’s usually not about willpower, discipline or accountability. Learn how to clear the way for change.
How to Email Someone You Haven’t Talked to in Forever
What do you do when the person whose help you need is someone you haven’t spoken to in over a decade? It doesn’t have to be awkward. Here are a few tips.
Why the Best Internal Candidate Might Be from an Unlikely Part of the Company
Focusing on weaknesses presents the best opportunity for learning and those who remain in “learning mode” develop stronger leadership skills.
Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t
Six strategies to help you and your team members achieve better work-life sustainability through setting and keeping boundaries.
Top Leadership Lessons and Resources
After over 15 years of developing Leaders Without Limits, we’d like to share 21 of our favorite leadership resources to help take your leadership to the next level.
Cultivate Resilience: How to Get Back on the Horse
When you cultivate resilience, you prepare yourself to bounce back from tough challenges, setbacks, difficult experiences or failures.
Getting Under Your Skin: How To Respond?
As a leader, what you say and do when someone triggers you can either motivate others and build relationships or demoralize and alienate people.
2015 Leaders of the Year
Meet four great leaders of 2015, several of whom are not widely known. We hope they will give you ideas for new directions to take your leadership in 2016.
Giving Feedback: Dealing with Defensiveness
A simple model to help you have fruitful feedback conversations and deal skillfully with defensiveness.
Join Our New Online Courses on Coaching and Feedback
Next Step Partners is now offering two new online courses for managers and leaders of all levels: Coaching for Performance & Giving and Receiving Feedback.
Newly Updated: The Acclaimed Career Handbook for Working Professionals
Inspired by work with thousands of professionals from all sectors, this updated Career Handbook has become standard-issue at a variety of top MBA programs.
Relationship Repair: A Step by Step Guide.
Reengaging in a tense situation can be scary. What if he doesn’t listen? What if she makes you even angrier? But even a tough conversation is better than letting a situation fester. (more…)
And You Thought the Hard Part Was Getting the Job!
You probably thought that getting through the interviews and getting the offer was the hard part—especially in a bad economy. Or maybe the tricky part was negotiating your compensation package? In reality, it’s the first days, weeks, and months that are the most critical. (more…)
