Your leadership team meets. Everybody talks. Lots of nodding. Then you leave, and people interpret what you said in three completely different ways. Your manager briefs her team on a new initiative. Everyone engages. Two weeks later, they're working at cross-purposes because they understood the "why" so differently that the what fell apart. Here's what [...]
You are busy. Really busy. But here is the uncomfortable question: busy doing what? Stephen Covey gave us a simple but brutal framework for answering that. He sorted all work into four quadrants based on two questions — is it urgent, and is it important? Here is the quick version: Quadrant I is urgent and [...]
By Michael Holland - Leaders often ask me, “What’s the fastest way to improve the relationships on my team?” They expect a clever model. A complex formula. But the truth is far simpler: assume positive intent. That single mindset shift—choosing to believe that a colleague’s comment, email, or behavior is grounded in good intention—changes how [...]
DiSC® is a great tool to help individuals figure out how to communicate and work better with one another. And when a team comes together to experience DiSC, a team map can be created to help team members - and the team leader - understand some of the strengths and weaknesses of their team. [...]
by Michael Holland - Leadership teams often get stuck. Not on strategy. Not on resources. They were stuck on each other. The VP of Sales thinks the CFO is being obstructionist. The CFO thinks the VP of Sales was reckless. They'd both worked at the company for years, genuinely respected each other's capabilities, but their [...]
The quality of your workplace can be improved when your co-workers learn how to understand and appreciate each other's priorities and preferences.
Value of a Team Map – Understanding Your Team Using DiSC DiSC is a great tool to help individuals figure out how to communicate and work better with one another. And when a team comes together to experience DiSC, a team map can be created to help team members and the team leader understand some [...]
Constant change requires one skill: resilience. Join Dr. Mark Scullard, Senior Director of Product Innovation, to explore how individuals and organizations can build a workplace that not only withstands disruption but grows stronger because of it. This session will also unpack practical strategies for navigating uncertainty, fostering adaptability, and leading with confidence in times of change [...]
The team was three weeks out from a client strategy session, and the team leader asked one of their newer team members, to take the lead on prepping the slide deck. She’s bright, fast-moving, and full of ideas, so it felt like a safe handoff. Two days before the session, the leader checked in. The [...]
Job seekers have more options than ever in this competitive job market and as we have learned, their priorities have evolved since before the pandemic. Professional development and lifelong learning have emerged as important benefits that organizations can offer to attract and keep top talent while filling the ever-present skills gap created by The Great [...]
