One Workshop. Big Impact.
A few weeks ago, I conducted a full-day workshop for one of my Fortune 500 clients. We had 40 women in the room and the energy was electric. At our first break, I asked my HR partner how she thought…
team building
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Connection is Everything
Connection. It’s a word that has been coming up for me lately – over and over again. I was talking to a friend whose husband works in sales. His company is known for being, how shall I say this –…
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5 Key Factors of a Successful Team
For the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about what a fully functional team looks like and the components that are crucial to building one. Let’s do a quick review: Trust – the foundation of everything. If you don’t have…
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Is Your Team Focused On Results?
Last week, I shared with you why accountability is crucial to team success and how giving feedback in a productive, direct and caring way is truly a gift. I’ve been talking about the key components of a healthy team for…
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Accountability: Whose Job Is It?
Last week we talked about how your team must commit to decisions without reservation and the two key factors of commitment are buy-in and clarity. Without them, your team will go nowhere. When everyone is committed to the same clear…
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How To Create Commitment On Your Team
When teams engage in healthy conflict, they have the opportunity to voice their ideas and opinions. When people feel heard, they are more likely to commit to team decisions, even those which they initially disagreed with. We need to take…
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Is Conflict Holding Your Team Back?
Last week, we talked about the importance of trust in teams to ensure goals are met. We also touched on how the lack of trust can create conflict within the team, which creates a bigger problem and one that isn’t…
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Trust: The Foundation of Every High-Performing Team
We all know teamwork is important, and it can also be very challenging. One of my clients,Sara, is the CEO of a non-profit. She hired me to be her coach and as our work together deepened, she realized that her…
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Team Not Performing? Do This First.
One of the services I provide is team coaching, helping teams become more productive, better communicators and work together more effectively. Recently, I had a leader reach out to me asking if I could help her fix her team. She…
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How Spending Quality Time with Your Team Creates Loyalty
Last week, I discussed how being specific in the verbal praise you give someone can make a big impact on their performance if Words of Affirmation is their primary language of appreciation. All month, we’ll be taking a high level…