Jackie Wolf

Have hard conversations: when something around you isn’t going well, how comfortable are you discussing it directly? How good are you with giving critical feedback? How often do you confront and resolve relationship issues? Having a hard conversation is like inviting yourself to the front row of the discomfort zone. And yet, they are incredibly valuable for bringing issues to light and starting on the path towards fixing them. To consider: have a hard conversation with your manager expressing that you don’t feel challenged and that you’d like his or her help to grow.

…essential parts of the puzzle. But facts don’t speak for themselves. Just having data isn’t enough. We can’t fool ourselves into thinking that if only decision makers knew the scale of the problem, they would be moved to act.