There is so much we could learn from each other, if only we could say it. If you want to increase the ability in your organization for your people to share their valuable perspectives, there are three steps you can take starting today.

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.

Connecting your new habit directly to something you already do in your daily routine increases the likelihood you will follow through with it.

We don't realize how often our questions stay in the realm of answers we already think we have.

Many leaders I work with, especially women, struggle with how to say no to a request at work. In coaching we learn how to say no, with grace and tact in a way that prevents the leader from feeling like they damaged the relationship.

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.

Establishing a new routine with your team can be tricky. They might wonder what you have under your sleeve when all you're trying to do is be a more conscientious leader.

How can take something that you'd like to accomplish on a regular basis and systematize it so that it's more likely to become established and integrated?

Cycles are part of the natural order of things. We can be in the groove when our work and rituals, and then we can feel out of sync. So sometimes, the solution to something not working is to simply enter into a new phase of the cycle.

Often people managers who got to where they are thanks to their technical proficiency have received little to no training on managing people. CHART is an acronym that will help new or untrained people managers understand what they need to know.