We all face uncertainties as we navigate leadership in the “uncharted waters” of our world today. Here are six strategies for leading effectively during a crisis so your organization can remain focused on its mission.

Planning for the future is essential to create growth and momentum - but there are practices that are more effective than others. Here are seven reasons why plans end up failing.

Ambiguity in the workplace can be very frustrating and commonly lead to conflict. A great leader has the ability to alleviate the tension produced by ambiguity. Here are three ways to reduce ambiguity. 

When conflict occurs in your life, what corner do you head towards? There are four options but only one way to reach a win-win. 

It is baffling at times why otherwise well-intentioned, hard-working people can’t seem to resolve conflict in their midst. And it is often because they are missing this critical step.

Conflict can be an important component in the formation of high-functioning teams, but it's important that it doesn't escalate into a damaging dispute. Your response will guide the situation. 

Thankfulness reverses the effect of negative thinking and a critical spirit. As leaders, here are five things that we can be thankful for.

Becoming an emotionally intelligent leader takes a lot of hard work over time. EQ skills are best developed by focusing on one or two at a time and practicing them until they start to come naturally.

My wife is far-sighted and I am near-sighted. Because we each have a different strength with a corresponding weakness, we make a pretty good team. Without our glasses, we perceive the world differently. She can read road signs in the distance, but I can read menus. She keeps me from missing my exit, and I can tell her to order the chicken cacciatore. But when we both think we are absolutely right and the other person is totally wrong, there will be the inevitable conflict.

In managing a team, it's important that you build good team leadership skills, and one ways to do that is to learn to read the behaviors of your team members. Humans are very complex! Commingling emotion, personality, temperament, intellect, and the motivations of the heart can make understanding what someone really wants hard to decipher. Having finely honed emotional intelligence (EQ) skills allows a leader to read the source of frustration in others and give them what they actually need in order to once again be happily engaged and productive. The following examples show how leaders can help ease tension by paying close attention to how their employees are acting.

Leaders who consistently display emotional maturity are more likely to have a high performing and loyal team following them. But being an emotionally intelligent (EQ) leader takes a lot of hard work over time. EQ skills are best developed by focusing on one or two at a time and practicing them until they start to come naturally.

Unresolved conflict in the workplace is expensive on many fronts. However, conflict can be a critically important component in the formation of high-functioning teams. The key is knowing how to allow the right amount and the right kind of conflict into the system without letting it escalate into a damaging dispute. To do this, we must understand the different root causes of conflict. Which of the following 7 points is the root cause of your conflict?