Alex was a member of an interdepartmental team exploring logistics and expansion. They had just finalized their recommendations to the senior leadership: Move forward with the development of a new distribution center. Purchase a property located 20 miles north of a...
We all know how projects work, right? Projects have distinct goals and objectives, a fixed beginning point and a planned end point. Typically, they involve assigned teams of people working together. For many of us, a significant chunk of our work is project-based and...
Not long ago, Charles and his wife remodeled their kitchen. They made some design modifications to the original layout and installed new cabinets, flooring, countertops, and fixtures. One day during the remodeling, he was surprised and intrigued to realize that...
Linda Bodnar, Ph.D., PCC. One of the questions on the minds of leaders these days is how to engage with their team(s) in this virtual world. Another is how to plow through the seemingly endless and overwhelming amount of work and meetings. Sometimes these two...
Not long ago it would have been difficult to imagine a world where teams, departments, and even senior leaders rarely met with employees or each other in-person. If you are seldom in the same room, how can you build the leadership skills, common values, and team...
Amanda Zinke, MBA, MSOD, PCC. This past year feedback came up time and time again in my coaching and leadership development programs. First was the question of how to give feedback remotely. Then it was about the standards and expectations during a pandemic. It was a...
By Sharon Krohn, MCC. Teams across the digital world suffer from Zoom Fatigue, as we are forced to endure hours of dull virtual meetings, in our yoga pants and fuzzy slippers. While we do not yet know exactly how the world will shift as we move to a semblance of...
By Gilly Weinstein, MS, PCC. When it comes to leading or facilitating a virtual meeting, most principles from the olden days of meetings — think people sitting around a tangible table, breathing the same air, with dressier clothes — apply. I was reminded of this...
By Tom Henschel, Executive Coach/Facilitator. Roger was stepping into a much larger role as his coaching began. His new team would be more senior than any he’d led before. “I’ve heard about ‘psychological safety,’” he told me. “Is that something I could bring to the...
Alyssa was reflecting on her recent experience as a member of a project team. Earlier in the year, the team had been created and charged with doing a deeper dive within the company’s existing product lines and markets — emphasizing repeat sales to current clients. On...