Nicola Richardson, Founder of The People Mentor, wrote this for the moment right after a conversation has genuinely gone sideways. The People Mentor helps small employers, managers and leaders handle difficult conversations, strengthen accountability, and lead with calm, practical confidence. If a difficult conversation has just gone badly, tears, raised voices, someone walking out, or … Read more
Nicola Richardson, Founder of The People Mentor, developed this framework after 40 years of watching what actually makes a hard conversation go well. The People Mentor helps small employers, managers and leaders handle difficult conversations, strengthen accountability, and lead with calm, practical confidence. If you’ve read advice on difficult conversations before and still freeze when … Read more
This episode comes from Nicola Richardson, who founded The People Mentor to help small employers, managers and leaders handle difficult conversations, strengthen accountability, and lead with calm, practical confidence. In this solo episode I want to talk about something that doesn’t get said enough in leadership and management circles: what happens when you lose your … Read more
This episode comes from Nicola Richardson, who founded The People Mentor to help small employers, managers and leaders handle difficult conversations, strengthen accountability, and lead with calm, practical confidence. In this solo episode I want to talk about something a lot of leaders feel but rarely name accurately: leadership fatigue. That bone-deep tiredness that sets … Read more
Written by Nicola Richardson, Founder of The People Mentor, for the business owners and directors who keep ending up in the middle of conversations their managers should be having instead. If situations your managers should resolve themselves keep landing on your desk, this article is for you. It covers why difficult conversations training for managers … Read more