Dan Kaplan

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A traveler came upon an old woman selling vegetables by the roadside. “Grandmother, what sort of people live in the next town?” asked the stranger. The old woman looked at the traveler. “What were the people like in the town you just came from?” she asked him. “Oh, They were a bad lot. Troublemakers, and…

Conflict avoidance and mitigation create artificial harmony, and by contrast, teams that are comfortable with “creative conflict” will find that the best ideas emerge from debate.  In our 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team training, we discuss how the best teams not only have conflict but actually embrace it. However, when we talk about conflict,…

“So, tell me about yourself.” “What’s happening on the big project?” “How are our quarterly numbers?” If you want to sound confident, your response to any question should be clear and engaging. “Ummm, that’s a good question…” or “Well, that depends…” does not communicate confidence. At The Confident Communicator, we coach aspiring leaders to start…