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  Are you out of your Mind?  That's a very harsh thing to say or hear.  I was told these exact same words recently.  By my Daughter. And she was laughing while saying that.  In front of her were 55 Books that I had ordered for both kids.  And I just told her that another 55 were being delivered next day.  You have heard this often that words  form a miniscule part of Communication  Voice and Body Language form the majority  And this is a very good example of the same.  "Are you out of your mind?" means so different when you put the voice and body language with it.  AND the most important and often forgotten factor.  The CONTEXT of the conversation and the overall Mood  They change everything about the conversation -  the content of conversation and interpretation The 'audience' of the conversation perceives it differently in the presence or absence  of the context and situation.  Next time you hear...

  The success of a Leader is in their Redundancy. Shocked to hear that? read on … "The success of Change Management is in its Invisibility" That's what the client Project Director said to me on my first consulting project as a Change Manager. Took some time to understand but when I did, it became a foundational principle for me in my field. Years later when I started coaching mid and senior management professionals, I could translate the above principle from the perspective of managing teams & managing people. "The success of a manager is when the team no longer needs them" THINK ABOUT IT Earlier today, someone posted about how his team delivered an exceptional project in his absence. I am sure many Managers/Leaders might have experienced such incidents of superlative performance without their presence. While the capability of the Team is definitely important, the Manager's contribution cannot be disregarded either. It takes time and ef...