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 […]

Leadership Challenges and Solutions: Insights from Front Line Leadership

Whether you are a natural leader, have been undergoing leadership training, are a seasoned executive, or are rising to the challenge of your first professional leadership role, there are bound to be challenges along the way. From external conflicts, such as disagreements and poor employee motivation, to internal challenges, such as imposter syndrome and indecision, […]

7 Tips for Building Trust in the Workplace

Trust is a two-way street. You want to know that the members of your team will work to complete the job that they have been hired to do. Your employees want to know that they are working for a company that has their best interests in mind. At the foundation of any relationship built on […]

Creating a Positive Work Environment: Strategies for Fostering Team Spirit

Gone are the days of assigned group projects in grade school, but collaboration with others in a professional setting is inevitable. As cliché as it is to say that teamwork makes the dream work, there is a kernel of truth to the adage. Demonstrating the ability to work together and share a common set of […]

Leading with Empathy: The Key to Building Strong Teams

“Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.” – Marshall B. Rosenberg Your high-performing employee missed her deadline for a report. In the years you have been working together, this is a first. Instead of reprimanding her, you decide to approach a conversation with her from a place of curiosity. “Why would you […]

Front Line Leadership Module IV – Teamwork and Collaboration

Front Line Leadership is a newly redesigned, flexible, ten-module program that provides new and current supervisors and managers with a toolkit of practical communication and employee development tools that reduce conflict, improve employee performance, and enhance team effectiveness. The ten four-hour modules can be offered in any combination. Each one targets a specific set of […]

Team Building in the Workplace

Team building in the workplace is an important part of any business because it brings employees together and reminds them why they came on board in the first place – to be a part of a team. Team-focused exercises encourage collaboration and partnership, while allowing employees to see each other in different lights and connect […]

Coaching – Best Behaviors

Leadership coaching is the process of developing people’s skills and abilities to inspire growth within the members of an organization. Oftentimes managers find themselves needing balance between managing people and creating an environment where team members can grow and flourish. In every organization there will be areas for improvement. A good leader will have the […]

Team Building: An Important Investment

When it comes to corporate investing, oftentimes managers think about things like business intelligence and analytics or updating technology by way of cloud computing or data management infrastructure, but one of the most important and overlooked investments for any business is their people. Considering businesses with high retention rates, great satisfaction and engagement survey results, […]

7 Ways Leaders Unknowingly Sabotage Their Own Teams

Leading comes with a myriad of challenges and obstacles. There are numerous reasons for and catalysts of the downfall of a team or group of employees. But what about when the largest factor in a team’s disfunction is the leader themselves? What are ways leaders sabotage their own teams and how do we avoid these […]