Build Gratitude into Your Business in 10 Simple Ways
Connecting with the people that matter for your business and sharing a moment of gratitude can make the critical difference in their support and loyalty.
How to Use Peer Coaching to Up the Game On Your Team
Your development budgets are being cut, your teams are lean and stretched, and you want your organization to stand out from the competition. And while a better product or service is a good start, the real differentiator comes from your people. That’s where your...“Yes, and…” Circles Engage Everyone
A “Yes, and…” circle engages everyone on your team in an any-idea-goes conversation that avoids criticizing or critiquing ideas. Everyone says “Yes, and…” to layer and build upon every idea to make a better and better thought. Different types of “Yes, and…” circles...Engage Not-For-Profit Boards in Strategic Planning
Your board consists of professionals who are passionate about your cause, and don’t necessarily consider strategic planning as a way to accomplish purpose. Good news—with some simple steps, you can engage not-for-profit boards in developing an actionable and measurable strategic plan that is fully aligned with your purpose.
3 Steps to Employee Engagement and Aligning Your Team
You want the same thing your team wants. Perhaps for different reasons, yet both you and your team want to get aligned and achieve results. What if the traditional approach of the leader setting the goals and creating the plan is what stands in the way of truly aligning your team?
Handle Resistance To Change – Without Fear
SEEING YOUR SHADOW FOR THE FIRST TIME
Watching a child’s reaction to seeing their shadow for the first time is captivating – it’s frightening for them, yet so intriguing. It’s all too similar to our own lives. We too react to new experiences with fear.
RESISTANCE IS A NATURAL EMOTION
If you are in Human Resources, Organizational Development or Talent Development then you have seen first-hand participants in development experiences react to their shadow. Sometimes it’s a reaction to seeing their dark side clearly for the first time, or reacting to new experiences or expectations.
Developing an Engagement Culture
Peter Drucker once said that Culture eats Strategy for breakfast. Skeptical? Isn’t it an effective strategy that gets business results? Intuitive yes…realistic…no. Culture drives the “why” behind the “what”. An engagement culture is what inspires your team members to...How to Engage Employees
Discovering how to engage employees can help your team bring more good things to work. Engaged employees produce more, have better ideas, put their heart and soul into their job and willingly do more than what is required of the job. Disengaged employees do the bare...How To Jump-Start Your Culture Transformation
You’re not seeing business results where they need to be, whether it is delivering outstanding guest service, patient-centred care, or sales. Your team members are doing “their job”, but not really looking or thinking forward. You find yourself spending too much time and energy trying to get them excited about delivering at a high level. It’s just not working. So, what do you do?