Leadership is a continuous cycle that involves leading self, leading others, and leading the organization. Strong leadership is needed at every level within a company to ensure sustainable growth. By building a strong foundation, leaders will be better equipped to address challenges, adapt to changes, and effectively develop solutions. Identifying upcoming leaders and providing a […]
Creating opportunity for collaboration across functions is just like building any strong team. It is an ongoing process that encourages a work-group to evolve and perform as a cohesive unit. By operating under a mutually understood end goal, any team can work together with trust, support, and respect.
Effective two-way communication is an absolute necessity for building trust, and trust is the cure for most organizational challenges. It allows team members to interact fluidly, with passion, and breaks down the barriers to allow for personal and team growth, and ultimately for the success of your company.
The short answer is cross-functional collaboration, which is when people from different areas of expertise reach across silos to work toward a common goal. But if you aren’t set up for it, how can you make it work? As with everything we share with our readers, it starts at the top. Once you have an […]
Whether it’s growing a company, building a team, or developing an employee, nothing matters as much as leadership. Having a vision for an employee requires a keen understanding of a person’s full potential but also needs to be connected to their wants, needs, and desires. For the leader, this is not an extra effort but […]
To minimize the negative and increase the positive, the solution is simple – it starts with YOUR intent. The common expression “what were you thinking” makes our point. Unintended actions, outcomes, and consequences typically originate from the lack of a thoughtful and purposeful approach to dealing with people and situations. Leaders are charged with achieving […]
You are failing as a leader if you’re not consistently making a difference in the professional lives of the people around you. For ALL people… most importantly your employees, but also your peers and even your boss. Respectively, the nature of these relationships is different however the impact should be deliberate and focused on specific […]
This is the NEW normal. The talent shortage is an issue today and will persist for many years to come, and it is a math problem. There are not enough skilled people to fill existing roles and retirement is becoming real for the baby boomer generation. The combination of a large group of people leaving […]
You are failing as a leader if you’re not consistently making a difference in the professional lives of the people around you. For ALL people… most importantly your employees, but also your peers and even your boss. Respectively, the nature of these relationships is different however the impact should be deliberate and focused on specific […]
How many articles have you read recently vilifying the “Silo Mentality”? In all of them, you’ll read about a company that is long on competitive drive, but find that their teams are competing against one another instead of working toward the success of the company as a whole. Or there has been a set of boundaries established that are […]
