Avoid sequestering your screen-ager to the basement with these tips for helping teens talk with older adults. Co-authored with Kate Mangino.

Listen to Michael Sperger’s short-form podcast, Stretch Deals, to hear Amber explain the principles of Appreciative Inquiry and how you can use questions to get unstuck in conversation.

Even great leaders make mistakes in how they support and care for their team members, often by taking the same approach for everyone without recognizing that personal preferences. Find tips and questions. Search SmartBrief for Amber’s monthly column.

Amber and host Dr. John Dentico discuss leadership as influence and contribution—not as a position. Join the conversation here.

There may be one single skill that can save relationships and help strong ones flourish: understanding. Amber explains in this article.

Amber and podcast host Josh Seldin discuss how questions are used by highly effective teams to truly understand other's points of view and pick the best path forward.

How do you get your kids to connect with your grandparents? Questions, of course. Explore the topic in this podcast.

So you want to develop your team, but your budget is exactly $0? Don’t worry … we have tons of ideas for “development without a dime.”

Amber shares 6 things great leaders do to make their 1:1s meaningful, and 6 things they avoid, in this Smartbrief newsletter.