Integrative Leadership Strategies
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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.
What is Enough?
The idea of constant growth is not only overwhelming and unsustainable, it disregards the natural cycles of ebb and flow, of order and chaos, of action and rest.
Three Clues You’re Not Creating Psychological Safety
How can a leader know if they are creating a psychologically safe environment? That is an environment where members of your team can say what needs to be said to you or to the team as a whole.
Why it’s Worth your Time to Communicate Up
Communicating up is a key part of managing up. However, it can feel like an extraneous task to write an email or put a deck together for work that is already done.
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.
Saying No with Grace and Tact
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.
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.
Establishing Something New in Your Routine
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?
What To Do When You’ve Gotten Off Track
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.
Meet My Leadership Coach, The Jigsaw Puzzle
What a jigsaw puzzle can teach us about leadership qualities and how to apply them to our teams.