What can you learn about collaboration when you’re sitting in the dentist’s chair? I work with teams and organizations, many who have a common challenge – operating in silos. The leaders say they want to be collaborative, yet, they can’t seem to break down the walls that exist between the individuals on the teams, or […]

I was meeting with a founder of a non-profit organization. In listening to their goals, aspirations, and realities, a theme around challenges arose. Communication impacts relationships and outcomes. In all relationships, communication is an essential factor. Whether at work with colleagues, employees, customers, and other stakeholders like board members or volunteers, and in personal life, […]

We get what we expect. How true is this for leaders? How true is this for parents? I recall as a young mother learning that if we say to our child, “bad boy” they will start to believe they are bad. What I learned was the importance of helping them to understand that the behavior […]

When you think of what is important around the ability to communicate, especially as a leader, what comes up for you? Communication is a broad term with many different elements. Not only does communication encompass capabilities including: active listening, message clarity, providing effective feedback, and more, but as a leader, one needs to consider how […]

In a recent gathering with a group of speaker colleagues, we engaged in a fun storytelling exercise. We were each given our own unique prompt to which we had to respond in the moment with a 90 second story. My prompt was “Tell us about a time when you were out of your comfort zone.” […]

I recently learned about a strategy used by basketball Coach John Wooden which was to teach his players how to put on socks and shoes at the beginning of the season. His reason for this is that he knew that “Fundamentals are Essential”. This was shared by Dr. Kevin J. Fleming when he presented to […]