Why You Need to Stop Talking to Start Leading
Rebecca Teasdale Shares How to Create a Culture of Openness and Candor Photo courtesy of Pablo by Buffer By Rebecca Teasdale Recently, a colleague and I were at a dinner function with a group of leaders from a client company. We found ourselves seated at a table with a new member of the executive team who we were meeting for the first time. Waiting for the plated meals to arrive, we eased into the conversation with small talk about sports and weather and then we went deeper inquiring about his family, his career, his thoughts on the industry. When the dinner wrapped up 45 minutes later, my colleague and I had learned a lot about him. We had learned about his years working abroad, his days as a partner at an IT consulting firm, and his time on Wall Street. Yet, he had learned nothing about me or my colleague. In 45 minutes of conversation, he hadn’t asked either of us a single question. Sadly, this common, self-absorbed style of relating has reached new, alarming le...