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Building a leadership team that is aligned, accountable and productive is essential to the success of your organization but it’s where many companies often get derailed. So how do you attract the A-Players to your leadership team? 

I worked with a leader recently who is brilliant but had difficulty with communication, leading others to believe he had little respect for their knowledge and their ability. Communication one-on-one, and with his team, was at a premium, they only gathered around specific projects. This organization was at a point where projects were started and […]

For the past four years I have been using the Scaling Up Methodology with my clients. It is designed for mid-sized businesses. However, having worked with some large Fortune 500 companies, I have also taken the Scaling Up tools and applied them in the larger business sector with success. Small businesses past the start- up […]

How to create success using change and Intentional Transition. In a recent conversation with a colleague at a consulting company where I partner, we discussed change and how limited the processes are for dealing with the period of transition which is between the change and the new beginning. As we all know “the only constant […]

Through many years of experience in bringing collaboration and leadership together I have discovered that effective delegation is part of a mindset that acknowledges the essential quality of team vision and communication, as well as empowerment. This is part of an effective Scaling Up process that brings greater success. Often there is discomfort in delegation […]

In this age of a fast-paced, ever-changing business environment, the need for team engagement with collaboration has never been more crucial, but quality communication and connection continue to remain elusive in most business cultures. Because of the technology available to us, information travels at great speed. Truth, misinformation and assumptions also travel quickly. Without clear […]

One of the best ways to achieve greater results in your organization is through feedback from both your customers, and from internal sources, to keep track of employee engagement and the state of customer satisfaction. But soliciting feedback needs to be strategic or you are wasting valuable time and the precious attention of your customers […]

Happy New Year! Here are five key questions to ask yourself as you embark on the New Year: 1) Does our strategy reflect the Purpose and Core Values of our business? So often in the “busyness” of life these days we get caught up in lists of things to do versus the why of our […]

Listening is a major part of effective communication and warrants more focused attention, so today’s post is about how to achieve connection more effectively and how to upgrade your listening and communication. I can guarantee as you give this more attention, particularly as you move into planning for year ahead, you will find that leadership […]