by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 30, 2020 | Neuroscience
Take the Bad News Quiz and Find Out The CEO of an industrial parts manufacturer told me about a previous job he held: leading an Italian subsidiary for a Fortune 500 firm. He said it was the most frustrating post in his career. “I was there to turn around a division...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 22, 2020 | Neuroscience
Be Aware of Your Unconscious and Casual Racism A friend—another white woman businessowner—and I were talking about racial inequality. It’s true: we believed we knew something about unfair treatment in the business world. For me, it was being offered a lower salary...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 9, 2020 | Communication Silos, Leadership
Three Questions that Leaders Are Afraid to Answer Honestly There’s lots of good information on how to break down communication, organization and information silos. But isn’t it all moot if you don’t know how these things develop? The last thing you want to do is put...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 2, 2020 | Leadership
Think It’s Only Big Companies? Think Again! It was ironic. I was developing training for a company on how to have difficult conversations and create more collaboration when an employee sent me an anonymous email. Let’s Shoot Growth in the Foot He explained the...
by Franklin Wordsmith | May 19, 2020 | Communication Silos, Neuroscience
Be Willing to Open a Window in Your Mind According to Investopedia: “A communication silo occurs when teams talk exclusively amongst themselves at the expense of big picture company goals.” (OK: who says “amongst”?) Of course you’ve experienced this nearly every place...
