Toxic Culture: The Need for Healthy Work Environments
If you were suddenly dropped onto a different planet - say Venus or Mars - how long would you live without a spacesuit? Maybe 4-5 minutes? Less if you can’t…
Leadership Secrets: Leveraging Your Rest
Sometimes the best investment you can make at work is to step away from it for a while. To get out of the daily grind and make time for rest,…
4 Questions to Better Understand & Lead Your People
When it comes to those you work with or lead it is important to know them well if you want to nurture strong team and individual growth. So how do…
Transforming Team Communication Case Study: Diagnosis (Part 3)
The Pipeline ProblemIn the previous post for our Jayne’s Construction case study series, we looked into some of the pain points that alerted Jayne’s leadership to the need for a…
3 Ways to Re-Engage Half-Hearted Employees
Do you have wholehearted people in your life? Who do you know that is fully in or completely devoted to something? They’re the type of people who, as Thoreau once put…
Transforming Team Communication Case Study: Pain Points (Part 2)
A Difficult TaskTransforming team communication is a difficult task. Just look around your office and think about how many different thought processes, leadership approaches, and communication styles are represented. Most…
4 Questions to Understand How Your People Learn and Grow
Healthy team growth begins with knowledge, self-awareness, camaraderie, and shared values. Once you begin to truly know your teammates - what drives their lifestyle and priorities, what affects them inside and…
20 Things to Stop Assuming
Assumptions.The silent underminers of influence. They take us to a dangerous precipice of misattribution and blinded action. On the surface, they seem solid and reliable. After all, the very definition…
Influence: The Importance of Making an Impact
Influence. Some people think influence is reserved only for the extremely rich or powerful - the types of people who run governments or large organizations or become the face of a…
3 Ways Self-Preservation Erodes Influence
Self-preservation occurs when you obsess about protecting the things you are afraid of losing.Your job. Your authority. Your salary. Your bonus. Your title.Your carefully curated image.The Source of Fear, Insecurity,…