Integrative Leadership Strategies
leadership INSIGHTS
Leaders: You Can’t Just Talk About it Once
Leaders, if you want to encourage your team to develop in a certain way, gain a certain skill, or create some other change, you can't just talk about it once.
How the Pandemic Changed My Perspective on Teamwork
We weren't just attending "another meeting" out of obligation, but instead, we made a conscious choice to be invested with a clear, mutual, and relevant purpose.
Are You Taking Your Colleagues Personally?
In leadership development, navigating interpersonal dynamics plays a key role and so much of the angst I see in my leadership coaching clients is because they are taking the actions of their colleagues personally.
Offer Your Two Cents with ‘COIN’
Use the COIN method to offer feedback to your teams in a way that’s separated from the emotion of the situation.
How to Identify Your Team’s Values (it’s not what you think)
Leaders, if you're planning to do a values exercise with your team, you'll get the most accurate answer to the question "what are our values?" not by making a lofty list of what the team might value in a utopian workplace, but by looking at actual recent team behavior.
Elevate Your Year: The Power of Habit Stacking
Connecting your new habit directly to something you already do in your daily routine increases the likelihood you will follow through with it.
Increase Serendipity in Your Problem Solving
We don't realize how often our questions stay in the realm of answers we already think we have.
Dealing with Disintegration
For some, the New Year may not exactly feel like a fresh start. Over the holiday break I spent time thinking about the people in my life who hope that 2024 is better for them than 2023 was, for mostly personal reasons. So if you're like them and you're in the thick of it right now, but you hope a new leaf does get turned this year eventually, consider these ideas.
Seven Keys to Managing Up
If you struggle to relate to, feel comfortable with, approach or understand your boss, the following seven keys may help you manage ‘up’.
What to do When Your Employee Wants a Promotion
How to respond to an employee who wants a promotion involves integrative thinking, understanding their real need, and acknowledging their strengths.