Instead of trying to sound "professional," aim to sound real. 

Instead of just "winging it" as you lead your team through its next project or change process, consider leading more deliberately.

You can’t control your team, but you can create an environment that supports them. 

Cultivating the discernment to know what to pay attention to when is a leadership achievement.

Here is one of the biggest obstacles for leaders trying to build shared ownership on their teams for greater engagement and collective intelligence.

For an offsite to be successful, point B must be defined wisely, and point A accurately determined.

Designing your meetings makes them more successful and more concise. Use these three concepts to design your meetings today.

Team issues can feel like wrestling a big hairy monster with a blindfold on. It can feel emotionally messy, tactically murky, and multi-faceted beyond that. There can be a lot of noise.

Righting this ship, to mix metaphors, will take time.

When we celebrate and acknowledge milestones with our teams, we motivate them, create a sense of accomplishment, and foster a positive and encouraging environment.

However, if the goal is to build alignment, ultimately, the team will want to get itself to a point where it can execute the skill of dialogue well.