Executive Coaching, Leadership
Belonging vs. Inclusion: What’s the difference, and why is it important?
An executive we coach shared with us his frustration that one of his highest performing direct reports submitted her resignation. The executive said what bothered him the most was the direct report’s reason for leaving….
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Communication, Leadership, Tips, Vision
Are you a confident leader?
Accepting a leadership role in your organization can be daunting. Transitioning from independent work to making difficult decisions and managing a team of employees can be a drastic change that requires confidence to succeed. It…
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Employee Engagement, Leadership, Leading Change
5 Tips to Increase Motivation and Decrease Burnout
In the last six months, we have heard from most of our clients that they are experiencing staffing shortages and their executives, managers, and employees are close to burnout due to the increased workloads. This…
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Communication, Executive Coaching, Leadership
Why Leaders Need to Ignore the Golden Rule
Most of us grew up with parents and teachers who taught us the Golden Rule; treat others the way you want to be treated. That is an awesome rule of thumb for most aspects of…
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Communication, Leadership, Leading Change, Productivity
Reducing Stress in the Post-Pandemic Workplace
Since the pandemic’s start, one thing that hasn’t subsided is the stress leaders face within their work environment. From the instant start of remote work to staffing shortages, leaders across all industries and management levels…
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Communication, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Leading Change, Productivity
Misidentifying the Enemy – Increasing Cross-Departmental Teamwork
One of the most common consulting requests we receive involves helping executives and their organization improve cross-departmental teamwork. As organizations grow and competition increases, this lack of teamwork across departments can create serious problems. In…
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Executive Coaching, Leadership
9 Steps to Effective Problem Solving
Every day, we are each faced with problems to solve: the large problems can be intimidating and the small problems can be mind-numbing. Either way, there is no avoiding problems. You are in your leadership…
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Leadership
Retaining your Followers as a Leader
We are fond of saying, “Unless you’ve got followers, you’re probably not a leader.” Given the challenges of hiring talented employees in today’s highly competitive labor market, keeping your “followers” becomes essential to your success….
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Communication, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leading Change, Productivity
Tips to De-Stress your life in 2022
The start of a new year is always an exciting time for a leader to reflect on the past year’s successes, review your leadership vision or strategic plan, do some goal setting, and generally get…
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Friendship
Is Your Staff Cross-Trained?
Would your organization survive if you lost a key employee? Through our employee surveys, team assessments and coaching, we hear clients frequently say that their organization has silos. Sometimes they indicate it is just certain…
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