In every leadership act we have a choice regarding how we will engage with those we lead. Some leaders believe that all they have to do is create an awareness of what is desired and then their people will just do it. Other leaders will create that awareness and suggest Read more…
In our coaching work we often talk to our clients about leadership maturity. When we talk about maturity, we are talking about having the emotional, motivational and behavioral agility that is needed so that you can adapt to a variety of situations. People who lack leadership maturity only see things Read more…
Anyone who is an athlete knows that stretching is a good thing. The act of stretching helps to create greater flexibility in our joints and muscles. When coupled with appropriate strength training, stretching can help prevent injuries. This is so important in professional sports that Major League teams hire strength Read more…
As the economy improves, so does the competition for the best people. This shift is causing many organizations to put more focus on the subject of employee engagement. Once we hire the right person, how do we keep them? There are many reasons that employees become disengaged or begin looking Read more…
Having just come off a week at a trade association event, we thought it fitting to discuss the ever-important subject of networking. If you ask anyone about networking these days, they’ll give you their opinion. Universally people see the need and purpose for networking but not everyone sees it the Read more…
We recently completed a training workshop for one of our clients. At the end of the two-day session they identified three key learnings which they felt were game changers. Among the three was a simple, but very powerful truth. That truth? That it is “my” responsibility to make sure what Read more…
Delegation is one of the most essential, yet often difficult skills every leader must master. Delegation done well taps into the collective talent of the team, spreads the workload and builds a stronger team in the process. Delegation that is not done well can cause frustration, confusion, inefficiencies and discouragement. Read more…
Tips for Transformative Leadership: That Space Between Us In an earlier Tips email we talked about the importance of pausing and being present in the moment. Today we’re going to discuss the importance of the “space” that pausing and being present, in the moment, can create. It’s important to understand Read more…
Tips for Transformative Leadership: It Doesn’t Work Unless You Work it In our last Tips for Transformative Leadership we discussed behaving your way to change. How many of you took on our challenge for the week and practiced one new behavior for the past seven days? Based on statistics, our Read more…
Why is change so hard? Perhaps a huge contributor to the difficulty with change is the fact that we all tend to see needed change as a mountain. It can be overwhelming and quite disconcerting to say the least. But some people do change. How on earth do they do Read more…