When we lead from the heart, we earn influence with others through relationship rather than authority. Relational leaders realize that title and position only get you so far, but the places you can take a team with relational influence are endless.
How do you lead or influence your co-workers when you lack direct authority over them?
The Values Grid helps you define how you work together. More than just a list of five core values, the Values Grid pushes you and your team to consider the values that really guide how you work, and then expands upon those values by providing three additional core elements that bring your values to life.
Splinters in our team cultures are detrimental to the health of our team. While they seem small, their impact is large. We typically try to ignore or look past them, subconsciously hoping they go away, but you can never really ignore the pain they create.
Rather than dwelling on the comparisons between genders, it's time for us to embrace our unique gifts and strengths and show up confidently, regardless of who is in the room. Let's explore five steps that will help us show up more confidently in any setting.
Whether I’m managing my business, leading a team, or sitting in my home office with my four-legged friend at my feet, I have to resist the administrative rabbit hole. Here are five tips for prioritizing.
When I’m finally willing to acknowledge my pride and look at this from a different perspective, I realize that I can be far more intentional in using outside voices to my advantage.
Have you ever had one of those experiences where you’ve offered advice to someone and for whatever reason they didn’t listen to you?
Trust: the elusive relational equity everyone longs for but struggles to know how to build.
The more you anticipate these questions and provide direction, the more equipped your team members will be to fully engage in your work and your mission.
Leadership shapes human lives, and because of that, it is sacred work.
Here are three simple ways to offer development for those you lead.
The more I study great relationships and great organizational cultures, the more frequently I find effective communication at the center of their success.
Our team was frustrated. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t seem to get momentum.
Worrying is what I do when I don’t have control.
The ability to anticipate and to lead through healthy change, before painful change is thrust upon us, is the mark of a good leader.
I’m energized by possibilities. I’m inspired by ideas.
Transforming a team culture or leading a healthy organization, especially in this season, is patient and persistent work.
We talk to leaders all the time about this truth: Leadership shapes human lives, and for that reason, it is sacred work.
Here are five crucial areas you can focus on to promote clarity and consistency within your organization, and to find success leading in a hybrid culture.
