Five Simple Ideas to Improve Collaboration and Productivity on Your Team

Five Simple Ideas to Improve Collaboration and Productivity on Your Team

If you want to improve collaboration on your team, there are a few important ideas you will want to consider to help make that happen. Collaboration is not a single event. It is an ongoing process that you implement to ensure your people share and request information to increase performance. So, why is collaboration so…

21 Inspiring Quotes About Being Coachable to Make You More Effective

21 Inspiring Quotes About Being Coachable to Make You More Effective

Being coachable is the key to continuous improvement. Whatever level of success you have achieved, it is likely because you have BEEN coachable in the past… and benefitted from that learning and development. But where you are now – what you will be dealing with in the future – requires that you (and your team)…

How Effective Leaders Create Meaningful Team Agreements

How Effective Leaders Create Meaningful Team Agreements

As a leader, you have probably found that traditional command and control approaches are gradually being replaced by more collaborative, inclusive, and productive methods. A more effective approach is involving your people in clarifying your culture and standards. Effective leaders acknowledge that teams are composed of diverse individuals with unique perspectives. By empowering team members…

Use These 27 Helpful Feedback Questions to Improve Awareness and Become a More Effective Leader

Use These 27 Helpful Feedback Questions to Improve Awareness and Become a More Effective Leader

Feedback questions can significantly accelerate your growth as a more effective leader. The information you gather from coworkers and peers can provide the most valuable and actionable information that you will receive for your own professional and personal development… and it is something that you can collect more effectively… Soliciting helpful feedback successfully and then…

Four Essential Steps for Leaders to Rebuild TRUST After Making a Mistake

Four Essential Steps for Leaders to Rebuild TRUST After Making a Mistake

You cannot repair team trust unless you first share a sincere and effective “I’m Sorry.” Just like a vase that has been broken, when trust has been broken between teammates it does not get better unless there is intentional action taken to repair it. As leaders, we all share one common trait: we’re not immune…

A List of 41 Reflection Questions to Accelerate Your Leadership Growth and Awareness

A List of 41 Reflection Questions to Accelerate Your Leadership Growth and Awareness

Becoming more effective as a leader requires continuous growth, self-awareness, and the ability to adapt and respond to new challenges. One of the most powerful tools that can significantly accelerate leadership growth and development is the practice of reflection. By dedicating time each day to reflect on their experiences, leaders can gain valuable insights, learn…

Three Ways to Encourage Disagreement in Team Meetings and Build a Safe Workplace Culture

Three Ways to Encourage Disagreement in Team Meetings and Build a Safe Workplace Culture

Have you ever left a meeting, and then said to yourself “that was complete nonsense!” But you didn’t speak up and SAY anything? The good news is that you are normal. The bad news is that when you and your teammates bite your tongue and withhold dissenting opinions, it can sabotage team performance. So, here…

Mastering the 5 Common Causes of Workplace STRESS with Solutions that Build Team Resilience and Productivity

Mastering the 5 Common Causes of Workplace STRESS with Solutions that Build Team Resilience and Productivity

Think of the last time there was a momentary crisis on your team… A crisis can create clarity. It can actually be beneficial for leaders and teams… But many of the people on your team may have begun to feel like those challenges have become uncomfortably pervasive. And a sense of prolonged crisis can become…