by Larry Dressler | May 14, 2020 | In My Tool Bag
It seems like we’ve all been spending a lot of time engaging in two distinct activities lately — hand-washing and hand wringing (e.g., worrying about the future). The latter activity —worry — has us predicting or imagining a negative future and then living with that...
by Larry Dressler | Feb 27, 2020 | In My Tool Bag
Have you ever sat in a meeting while asking yourself, “Why am I here?” People don’t hate meetings. They hate being in meetings where they don’t belong. Meetings should be curated – right people, right meeting, right moment. Undisciplined curation means more than...
by Larry Dressler | Jan 14, 2020 | In My Tool Bag
Leaders often ask me: How can we build trust on this team? I don’t think that’s the right question. Both inside and outside of work, trust is the basis of all relationships. And that trust has to be earned. So, I prefer to ask: How do we become more trustworthy team...
by Larry Dressler | Nov 12, 2019 | In My Tool Bag
One measure of success in your meetings is the extent to which all of the different perspectives in the room were expressed. For a lot of reasons, including differences in power and status, and sense of safety, people don’t necessarily offer their ideas in groups....
by Larry Dressler | Sep 18, 2019 | In My Tool Bag
When friends ask me, “how’s your week going?” my most common response is “intense.” It’s not that my work is any more demanding than yours. It’s that I have a tendency to be hyper-focused —tuning out even my own basic needs, like food. While this characteristic makes...
by Larry Dressler | Jun 18, 2019 | In My Tool Bag
Have you ever been part of a meeting that produced a terrifyingly long list of new projects and initiatives? As a client of mine recently described such a meeting, “It was an energizing and inspiring conversation right up until the point we realized we were going to...
