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December 14, 2023

It Was So Disrespectful, But I Didn’t Say Anything!

by Gregg Ward in Managing Conflict, Respect

This is the 2nd in my series of holiday time advice on keeping things cool during stressful public situations. I was at a holiday social function last week (as many of us will be this month) when a colleague pulled me aside to ask my advice about a recent incident. During a big family gathering, […]

November 16, 2023

Hold That Thought: Our annual reminder to DON’T GO THERE on Thanksgiving

by Gregg Ward in Managing Conflict, Respect

It’s that time of year again! We’re all about to sit down to a fulsome, fattening feast with our families, friends, and colleagues (really?) only to collapse afterwards in a wine and tryptophan infused stupor. But as sure as Black Friday sales start at midnight, it’s certain that someone at the table is going to […]

October 11, 2023

Dear Corporate America: By Not Talking About It, You’re Sending a Clear Message

by Gregg Ward in Diversity & Inclusion, Respectful Leadership, Restoring Respect

Shortly after the death of George Floyd in May of 2020, corporate statements and earnings call mentions of support for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) jumped through the roof. At that time and for at least two years afterward, it seemed that everyone was talking about the importance of DEI, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) […]

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October 6, 2023

Are You Being Handcuffed?

by Gregg Ward in Business Culture, Managing Conflict, Respectful Leadership, Restoring Respect

Last year I got an all-too-familiar call from Trevor, the head of HR at a mid-sized accounting firm in Virginia. He’d been recruited into the role six months earlier and, shortly after starting work, found what he called, “a culture of disrespect.” “The senior managers have been playing favorites for years,” Trevor told me, “And […]

September 21, 2023

3 Strategies for Giving & Receiving Feedback

by Gregg Ward in Uncategorized

An overwhelming number of human resource professionals find that giving critical feedback is one of the most challenging conversations they routinely have. Maya Hu-Chan, one of CRL’s esteemed advisors, has also found this to be the case. However, she takes that conversation a step further and examines not only giving, but also receiving critical feedback. If you […]

August 31, 2023

The Stress of Disrespect

by Gregg Ward in Respectful Leadership, Restoring Respect

Since February I’ve been on a national tour for my new book Restoring Respect, speaking at conferences attended by human resources and diversity, equity, and inclusion professionals. In the past seven months I’ve been, or I’m going to Virginia, Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida (twice!), Texas, Colorado, Utah, Ohio, Georgia, and half a dozen sites California. Phew! […]

May 11, 2023

With All Due Respect

by Gregg Ward in Media

This article was originally published in AIMA (All India Managment Association) Creating high-performing teams is a tough thing to do. Keeping them high performing is even tougher. To crack the mysteries of high performance, consider this wisdom: ‘Successful people consistently do what other people only do occasionally. Successful teams are packed with successful people. If […]

October 12, 2022

The Remarkable Coach Podcast

by Gregg Ward in Media, Podcast

How do you bring two people who work closely with each other back together after respect in the relationship has been lost? In this episode of The Remarkable Coach Podcast, Micheal Pacheco and Gregg Ward talk about just that. Gregg works with C-Suite executives at major global companies – we’re talking big responsibilities and egos […]

March 19, 2020

A Geek Leader Podcast: Respectful Leadership with Gregg Ward

by Gregg Ward in Media, Podcast, Press, Respectful Leadership

Gregg Ward is the CEO of the Gregg Ward Group, a management consulting, training and coaching firm that focuses on helping leaders develop their Respectful Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Executive Presence skills. For over 25 years, Gregg has worked with Fortune 100 and 500 organizations around the world to inspire respect and leadership, emphasizing the […]

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March 12, 2020

Center for Respectful Leadership Touts Benefits of Experiential Leadership Training

by Gregg Ward in Leadership Presence, Media, Press, Respectful Leadership

Gregg Ward is featured in Market Business News. American companies spend nearly $14 billion every year on leadership training, according to a report issued in 2012 by Deloitte. But how effective is this leadership training? Not very, say experts who point out that adult learners in lecture settings forget more than half of what they’re […]

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