Join Managing Partner, Laurel Smylie, on Connection Collaborative’s podcast talking about what courage really looks like. If you’ve ever wondered what ideas and perspectives inform our work, take a listen.
I keep hearing this word, and maybe you have too – resilience. It brings up both my ambition and fear. It isn’t a new concept, and it's surely been running around the corporate leadership table for years. However, in light of the business climate today, it is gaining a spotlight as the characteristic both leaders and organizations need “to survive.” So if that is the case, I ask myself: do I have it? do you have it? can we get it? and what is it exactly?
This isn’t business as usual. Your employees aren’t simply working from home. They’re working from home in the middle of a pandemic, often with the rest of their family, trying to homeschool their children, maintain a romantic partnership, keep the house from looking like a bomb exploded, cook 21 meals a week…
What are you doing to honor that?
Black Lives Matter. Until there is accountability, nothing changes.
There is nothing like the developing world and a dear friend to humble a person. I should know. I was recently in the developing world with a dear friend, and needed a little reminder of the big quality of humility.
Last week, Laurel and I attended a Diversity & Inclusion training put on by White Men as Full Diversity Partners. Check out our key learnings, and how you can begin to take action for your organization right now!
Mentorship gets a lot of air play, but we are shifting to focus our attention on sponsorship. Laurel breaks down the difference, and the three main roles of a sponsor.
It can be hard to be kind in environments where your manager is breathing down your neck, or colleagues are waiting for you to fail. So how can we start to move away from cut throat competition, one upping, ‘every person for themselves’ workplace cultures, and start building cultures of kindness?
The idea of ‘celebrating’ something like the Equal Pay Day kills me. This day in April marks the additional number of days a woman has to work just to earn as much as a man did in the year prior. It takes 4 months! This is not a thing to celebrate. Read on for my own pay inequity story and my take on what can be done so that future generations don't have to have a day for equal pay.
What are you pretending? That you prioritize people over profit? That safety comes first? Join us for a minute to explore how pretending gets in the way of being accountable and making change.
Driving an owner mindset among employees enables leaders to focus on growth and strategy instead of micromanagement and minutiae.
It seems like United Airlines is in the news every week. Customers assaulted, puppies dying or shipped to the wrong place, employees outraged over reality of a new bonus system. We wanted to take a closer look at what is going on and how these incidents are impacting the bottom line.
When we think of drama, we don't often think about our workplaces. However, our experience with clients tells us that drama exists in many teams, and disguises itself in a variety of ways. We define drama as any unproductive behavior that detracts from delivering the highest quality of work. Sound familiar? If so, read on to see how we took a team from high drama to high performance.
What is renewal and why should every leader develop and maintain a renewal practice? All the latest neuroscience shows that renewal practices can reverse the damage stress causes, and restore our ability to think and lead with a clear head.
Team norms lay the foundation of trust and understanding, so newly formed Senior Management Team can tackle big challenges and achieve meaningful successes.
Published by Forbes.com
We know by now that diverse teams yield better business outcomes, but workplace cultures that embrace equality for women and minorities are still hard to come by. Just look at the headlines. Is your organization taking steps to prevent a #MeToo moment from derailing your company's culture?
Published by NCR Silver
Creating a work environment where every gender is treated equal isn’t always easy — but it’s worth the effort.