Are You Leveraging Conflict, or is Conflict Leveraging You?
When I first met an executive leadership team of a decade’s old successful family business, my first question was this: “What do you cherish about your work?” Out of the 11 leaders, almost everyone said, “our people, our culture.”
3 Reasons You Need a Strategic Vision of Greatness – and a Plan to Get There
In growth firms, there’s a push to get remarkable results! However, it can be challenging to stay focused on a longer-term vision – or navigate a powerful strategy to reach those goals year after year.
Transformational Enablers to the Rescue — Part 2
In part 1 of my thoughts on transformational enablers, I discussed the first three enablers: CLARITY, ALIGNMENT and FOCUS.
How Do You Define Success?
Recently, serving in my role as a Scaling Up Business Coach, I met Paul Saunders, his wife Emily and brother Andrew who launched a successful start up over 10 years ago, a manufacturing company called eLuxury.
Transformational Enablers to the Rescue — Part 1
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review provided the results of research on the success of corporate (business) transformations.
The ONE WORD for Strategy
As you do your annual planning efforts you may be asking yourself this question: How can we scale up with the staffing pressures that we feel?
How to Bust a Recession!
Create a climate of high-performance to prevail and succeed in challenging times.
How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Improve Conflict Resolution
In this interview, Joanne Farrell Quinn, PhD, offers important insights for honing the skill of conflict resolution, a critical competency of Emotional Intelligence.
Conflict Resolution: The Power of a Shared Vision in a Crisis
Facing a global pandemic that resulted in an economic crisis that disrupted normal work at the office was the challenge Tom Ward and his Indianapolis-based team were facing.
CREW Carwash Leaders Know This — Moods Are Contagious!
What CREW Carwash, an Indianapolis-based company knows, is this; the climate and weather impact the number of cars washed.