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 [...]
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 [...]
Does your team struggle to connect? Do group discussions stall? Are you left with more questions than answers after meetings? With Conversation Starters on Catalyst™, teams now have an easy way to tackle common challenges that hinder their performance—moving beyond understanding to tangible change. Conversation Starters on Catalyst™ Conversation Starters provides teams with an [...]
We’re going back to the basics. That means tackling DiSC® from the ground up: the theory, the research, the power of the circumplex, and the dos and don’ts of DiSC. We realize that a lot of people might hear “Everything DiSC” and have no idea what it even is or does (conversely, if they [...]
