Resilience is a very popular topic these days, for a lot of good reasons. Individuals are working to develop their resilience so they can effectively work through the many unexpected challenges that seem to await us daily in this COVID-19 environment. Resilience is also an important topic for teams to consider. How can you build your team’s Resilience to handle challenges … [Read more...] about Building Resilient Teams
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The Drivers of Trust
Research demonstrates that individuals, teams, and organizations with high levels of trust perform better. Therefore, developing trust between yourself and others is like gold in the realm of leadership. But exactly how do you build trust? Being an honest and respectful person is certainly a very important beginning to building trust with others. But, according to a new … [Read more...] about The Drivers of Trust
“Leading” a Whitewater Raft
With respect to an issue related to COVID-19, a colleague recently emailed me “Thanks for your leadership on this.” My immediate reaction was “I don’t really feel like I’m leading anything. I feel like I am riding in a whitewater raft – and the waves are treacherous!” The current environment is a lot like a whitewater raft voyage: *Lots of unknowns – who knows what is … [Read more...] about “Leading” a Whitewater Raft
Improve Your Decision-Making
It’s up to you. The facts and arguments for each alternative have been explained. The correct answer is not obvious, but someone has to make the call. And it’s you. What do you do? New research* from Harvard Business Review provides six practices that can help you develop your judgement and capability to make better decisions: 1. Listen Attentively, Read … [Read more...] about Improve Your Decision-Making
Retaining Your Best Talent
The continued low employment rate means that even some of your talented team members who are not looking to leave, could get recruited away. This is the topic of a recent article* in The Wall Street Journal with some suggestions on how to make sure you have given them reasons to stay. Here are some of the author’s ideas: *Improve Their Space. So many organizations have … [Read more...] about Retaining Your Best Talent