What to do when there's no clear answer (Thinking Grey, Part 2) BINARY THINKING MEANS viewing an issue or situation as an Either-Or: Either good or bad … black or white … right or wrong … all or nothing. Thinking Grey is recognizing that Either-Or does not apply in a given case and looking for multiple possibilities. I am not suggesting that Binary Thinking is wrong or bad, or that Thinking Grey is always right. Those prone to Thinking Grey often need to grow in their ability

Effective leadership requires creative freedom (Thinking Grey, Part 1) A QUALITY OFTEN associated with leadership is decisiveness: The person who can size up an issue quickly and make a firm decision on what to do. Agreed, that often is exactly what you need. If it were only that easy! There are countless situations in life and business which are cloudy and ambiguous. There are times of great uncertainty and risk, issues for which there seems to be no good answer. Leaders mus

Soft skills are not really soft and are much more than skills [Download Free PDF version]: Li #211 Relationships and Business Success THE ABILITY TO cultivate healthy relationships with people might be the most important indicator of future success in business or anywhere else. “Soft skills” is a common stand-in for this quality. This is roughly a combination of emotional intelligence (EQ), social graces, communication, speech, personal habits, friendliness, and so on. They a