If you’re like most motivated managers who are charged with changing an antiquated culture, it’s very possible your insecurities are actually destroying your team. You accepted your position with the idea you would challenge the status quo of leadership you’ve experienced by being a refuge of encouragement, empowerment, and self-direction. Unfortunately, in your attempt to […]
What if I told you that, more times than not, you are the biggest constraint to your success? For most leaders we work with, this is their reality. However, the irony is this: it’s not completely their fault. Very few leaders have been conditioned for success because they do not even know what it means […]
As millennials continue to become a larger part of the workforce and take on leadership positions, it’s essential that organizations understand what this sector of the population believes about business and their desires for their careers. Below, we’ve shared what we believe to be the largest takeaways from the 2017 Deloitte Millennial Survey. The United States […]
Digging Deep One of the most common reasons we are called into companies is around the issue of employee retention. When a good employee leaves an organization over something that could have been avoided, the company has not only lost an important piece of tomorrow’s workforce, but also the time, money, and other resources invested […]
Regardless of your life stage, your best future depends on good understanding of your current situation and making the next right steps. While this sounds obvious, the truth is most of us don’t take time to reflect on our current state—we live a largely unexamined life. As a result, we often make choices based on […]
When we engage clients in a coaching relationship, one of our goals is to help them better understand how they relate to the world around them. Whether we are talking about work, home, or any other arena of their life, there are always things an individual believes to be true about themselves and things others […]
There’s an old folktale about a village located on a river. One day, a baby came floating down the river and villagers rushed to save the baby from drowning. The next day two, the next three, and so on. Every day the villagers anticipated the problem and rushed to save the babies from the water. […]
One of the most interesting dynamics to study within our client organizations is the communication norms that have developed among teams. One of the tools we use to understand how teams work is based off of Dr. Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis model. This model suggests anytime two individuals engage one another, each person will take […]
While I’m not exactly sure of its origin, you’re probably familiar with the idea, “The hardest sell you’ll ever make is the sell to yourself.” Unfortunately, this statement holds more truth than most of us would like, and the reason for it is that we are terrible salesmen. When you bought your last used car, […]
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