3 Ways to Create a Virtual Watercooler for Your Remote Team
Help Your Team Stay Connected While Working on Virtual Teams One of the most frequent concerns we hear from leaders and teams (where remote work is the foreseeable norm) is the lack of a virtual watercooler. That metaphorical place where people exchange ideas, build...
How to Help Your Team Prepare for the Turbulent Aftermath of the Election
Are your managers prepared to deal with the turbulent aftermath of the election? Regardless of the election’s outcome, it’s smart to be ready for a firestorm of distracted, energized, frustrated, hopeful, distraught, elated, concerned, confused, uncertain,...
Now Lead the Change – Interview with Nick Jankel
Three unprecedented sources of change in the outside world are putting intense pressure on every organization and leader to adapt quickly. Enterprises that don’t transform what they do and how they do it (repeatedly) will inevitably fail. In this...
Frontline Festival: Leaders Share about Culture
In this month’s Frontline Festival, top leadership experts share a variety of perspectives and insights on culture. We’ve also included some quotations from our newest book, Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers and...
How to Get Better at Remote Small Talk
Try These Practical Techniques to Improve Your Remote Small Talk Small talk is challenging for many leaders, but it can be even more challenging when leading a remote team. In this episode of Asking For a Friend, I talk with small talk experts Debra Fine and Scott...
Two Decision-Making Actions that Will Save You Months of Frustration
Too many decision-making meetings devolve into frustrating, passive wastes of time. In this episode, you’ll get two actions you can take to ensure you make smarter, faster decisions that energize your team.
How to Prevent Well-Intentioned Big Mouths From Hijacking Your Virtual Meeting
Tips for Being More Inclusive in Your Virtual Meeting The pivot to more virtual meetings didn’t create this problem. Anyone who has ever run more than a meeting or two knows the challenge of managing the person who just can’t seem to shut up. Whether in a...
One Way to Cultivate a More Resilient and Creative Team
A creative team starts with room to think. The rocky mountain air was crisp with fall chill–a perfect time for a fire in the wood-burning stove. We placed the logs on top of the kindling, held the flame beneath the wood, and … nothing happened. Our fire-to-be had the...
