Holding up the mirror: Six questions I ask before helping leaders navigate change
Every experienced communicator knows the moment you're asking a leader to pause, reflect and look in the mirror long enough to see something they may be missing. The hard part of these situations is knowing when to hold up the mirror. Experience teaches you which issues deserve your energy and which don't. Over the years, I've found myself returning to six questions before deciding it's time to hold up the mirror.
Make the link: It’s not as obvious as you think
Sometimes, in the push to prove we’re strategic, we overlook the slow and steady work that earns trust and builds influence and ultimately leads to having that seat. The discipline of reinforcing how work connects to strategy might feel dull, but it’s what helps people with short attention spans make sense of change and shows leaders the value of communication done well.