How to Become a Certified Leadership Trainer (Without Leaving Your Day Job)

The Step-by-Step Path for HR Professionals Building Facilitation Expertise You’re the HR manager at a sizable company. Leadership development falls under your responsibilities. You’ve coordinated external trainers, managed logistics and watched consultants deliver content to your supervisors. But you’ve never facilitated the training yourself. Maybe you think facilitation requires specialized credentials you don’t have. Maybe […]

Mastering Difficult Conversations: A Leader’s Guide to Constructive Feedback

Difficult Conversations and Constructive Feedback You hired every team member at your organization for a reason. Your team is smart, capable, innovative, and driven to make an impact. But they are also human, and that means that mistakes are inevitable. As a leader, being able to navigate difficult conversations when they arise is essential. In […]

Empathy in Leadership: A Powerful Tool for Team Connection

One of your seasoned sales team members is usually recognized for going above and beyond to meet deadlines. However, they have just submitted another presentation deck late, once again. As a leader, you have two options for addressing this. Option one: you could reprimand the team member, reminding them of the consequences of submitting work […]

The Importance of Clear Direction: Setting Expectations for the Year Ahead

The conference room is buzzing with energy. New ideas are being mapped out on the whiteboard, and a refreshed focus is ignited in your team members. You can see the wheels turning in the room and feel a shared optimism for the year ahead. You know that when your team is excited about a goal, […]

Maximizing Team Effectiveness: Top Tools for Leaders in 2025

Your team is made up of individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences, yet you move forward as one unified unit. Your sales team understands that they are a direct reflection of the internal marketing efforts, while your human resources department recognizes that the quality of their work depends on the support of the IT team. […]

Creating Accountability in the Workplace: A Guide for Leaders and Teams

You’re assigned your first creative project for a client and feel empowered to propose bold ideas, knowing your team trusts you to deliver results. You take extra time to mentor a new employee, recognizing that their success strengthens the entire team. You notice a mistake in a report and confidently speak up to correct it […]

Planning for 2025: Setting the Stage for Team Success

What will your organization accomplish in 2025? A new calendar year represents an opportunity to build on successes, learn from challenges, and set intentional goals that drive your team toward greater achievements. Strategic planning involves more than goal setting; it’s about aligning vision, fostering communication, and empowering leadership to navigate challenges and opportunities effectively. In […]

Building Emotional Intelligence in Leaders

Emotions have no place in the workplace, where data and logic reign supreme, right? Well, emotional intelligence begs to differ. Effective decision-making, company culture, and communication styles – these pillars of organizational health are built on the foundation of emotional intelligence. Defining Emotional Intelligence  Emotional intelligence is the ability to express emotions in a healthy […]

Developing High-Potential Employees into Future Leaders

What if the next generation of leadership is already being set up for success within your organization? Developing high-potential employees into future leaders is crucial for an organization’s long-term success. Below are some effective strategies to consider. Identify High-Potential Employees As a leader, you know your team better than anyone else. Every individual has a […]

Aligning Leadership Practices with Company Culture

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis An organization needs more than a team of employees and a list of clients to thrive. It needs inspired action, a sense of purpose, and most importantly, a clear direction toward an agreed-upon definition of success. In other words, aligning leadership practices with […]