Develop Leaders Not Bosses
I was walking my youngest daughter to school last week and talking about how she is a leader in her classroom. Her friends always like to join her group and the teachers…
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Posts by Kaylee Swanson
Defining Success: The Meaning of Grit
It’s the first week of March. At the end of 2015 as you look back, what do you want to have attained or accomplished professionally? What’s your definition of…
Conflict at Work: The Role of the Manager
Conflict. Infighting. Disagreements. Arguments. Rivalry. Lack of accountability. These are all issues that people, and especially managers, at work encounter on a…
Coaching Skills for Leaders: It’s Harder Than You Think
These days, it seems like a lot of our clients want their employees to know how to coach. They throw words around like “we want a coaching culture” or…
Building Trust on a New Team: Leader as Visionary & Coach
Each time a new team is formed, the team leader (and each member!) has a short window of opportunity to make a first impression and establish credibility around his or…
Building Smarter Teams – Team Building Exercise Be-Do-Have
Patrick Lencioni, author of The Advantage and key proponent of clarity through over-communication, asks leaders to ponder the following questions with their team…
Building Leadership Skills: Bigger Game
Are you building leadership skills by playing a Bigger Game? What is the nature of a Bigger Game and those who play a Bigger Games? Quick Quiz: True or False? To…
Building Effective Teams by Confronting Conflict
Source: DeChurch, Mesmer-Magnus, and Doty, Mega-analysis of 45 different studies with over 3000 teams. All organizations have to deal with teams in conflict sooner or…
Building a New Team – Avoid the Derailers
We are in the enviable position of coaching a brand new team with the stated goal of building a thriving culture from scratch. This recently assembled group, all of…
Be a Great Team Leader: 4 Views on Accountability
The two most popular pages on our website tell an interesting story about organizational needs and dynamics. 1. How to prepare for difficult conversations…
Asking For It: How Seeking Feedback Builds Positivity
We recently were invited to facilitate a workshop at Habif, Arogetti and Wynne, LLP, the largest Georgia-headquartered public accounting firm and a U.S. top 50 firm. The…
A Commitment to Change: One Perspective to Diversity in the Workplace
Recently, Karen Braithewaite started a petition asking Mattel, the makers of Barbie, to offer party supplies that feature Barbies of color. She has a daughter of color…