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Communicate More Effectively

Communicate More Effectively

  Communication is commonly listed among key skills needed to be a great leader. We all transmit information each day, through our words, our actions, our appearance.  What we say, what we do and how we behave communicate to people around us.  So, ok.  We all...

3 Questions to Answer to Reach Your 2021 Goals

3 Questions to Answer to Reach Your 2021 Goals

Let’s face it – 2020 didn’t turn out like any of us planned.  While each of us experienced the challenges of the year in different ways and with different resources, I think it is safe to say that no one envisioned in January how the year would play out. Now that we...

3 Skills Teams Need Most Now and in 2021

3 Skills Teams Need Most Now and in 2021

As I reflect on this year and the challenge it has brought for us in so many ways, I see that there are three skills of leaders that have continued to bubble up as crucial for promoting success on teams.  They have always been crucial skills but in easier times,...

7 Surprising Ways You Could Be Alienating Your Team

7 Surprising Ways You Could Be Alienating Your Team

      Do you want better engagement and productivity from your team?  Perhaps you are doing one (or more) of these things that alienate team members, zap engagement and don't get you the results you desire. 1. You don't share information Teams expect leaders to have...

How to Network in 2020

How to Network in 2020

2020 has been a challenging year for most of us.  In the midst of real struggle, I have also seen some real connections form between people this year.  How do you do “networking” when in-person events are off the table?   Start from a place of giving Think about...

Ask A Coach – Remote Team Engagement

Ask A Coach – Remote Team Engagement

Q:  When we first started remote work, everyone on my team leaned in and just made things work.  Now that we are several months in, it seems that energy if fading a bit - what can I do to keep my team motivated while we are all still remote? A:  Whew - this is a tough...