5 Tragic Mistakes that Will Derail Action Learning Projects
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Implementing an Action Learning Project Program What is an Action Learning Project? An action learning project is a real business challenge given to an individual or group of learners to: Provide learners with an opportunity to strategically...
Uncover the Best Kept Secrets: Get Your To Team Share Best Practices
The Biggest Reasons People Keep Their Best Ideas To Themselves There’s no question about it. If you want great results, you’ve got to figure out what works, be sure everyone knows it, and get them to do that too. And yet, most large teams haven’t...
The Leadership Skill No One Talks About
The Secret to Transform Your Culture or Results is One Often-Ignored Leadership Skill “I’m so frustrated.” Mark, the Senior Vice President of a rapidly-growing communication hardware company serving the United States, leaned back in his chair and blew a heavy sigh...
How To Build a Better Leadership Development Program
Don’t launch a leadership development program until you ask yourself these important questions. If you’ve been a manager for more than a minute, chances are you’ve gone to a lousy leadership development program. We’ll pause here to let you vent...
The Very Best Secret to Holding Tough Conversations (with video)
The Very Best Secret to Holding Tough Conversations So often when we’re asked to train teams on how to hold tough conversations, we find a deeper underlying issue that must be addressed first. Has this ever happened to you? Watch the Stage Version of this Story...
How to Know What Your Team is Really Thinking
Are you listening to your team and the stories they tell? During times of change and uncertainty, your team is desperate for information. They’re looking for the story behind the story. They’re thirsty to listen to anyone who knows what’s REALLY...
How to Lead a Meeting and Make Effective Decisions
Lead a Meeting that Gets Results by Clarifying Who Owns the Decision “This is so stupid—you asked for my opinion and then ignored it. I don’t know why I even bother! From now on, I’m just going to shut my mouth and do my work.” If you’ve heard this or said it...
How to Motivate Your Team – Stop Treating Them Like Family
Thinking they’re a family doesn’t motivate your team. You’ve probably heard leaders say it and you might have even said it yourself when you were hoping to motivate your team. “I treat my team like family” or “We’re one big family here at XYZ Corp.” It feels like a...
