by Franklin Wordsmith | Nov 24, 2020 | Culture, Neuroscience
Why Our Brains Hate This “I’ve got a few minutes,” said my boss, the VP of Communications. “Why don’t you come into my office and we’ll do your first annual performance appraisal interview.” It was a statement, not a question. The Performance Review Ambush I hadn’t...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Sep 22, 2020 | Culture, Persuasion
Moving Beyond the Blame Game I was doing leadership communication coaching with a president—let’s call him Jim—who was the heir apparent at a large company. He had a love/hate relationship with the chairman—let’s call him Ted. Jim would spend a good portion of our...
