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Champion

Transitioning to Senior Leadership: From Task Manager to Champion

When we asked executive leaders to describe what effective senior leaders do, their responses centered around empowering people (versus micromanaging) and building others up. Here…
Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Allowing for Dialogue

Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Allowing for Dialogue

In our last two posts we’ve focused on how to make the mindset shift from consensus or compliance (depending on your tendencies)…
Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Explaining your Rationale

Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Explaining your Rationale

In our last post, we began the discussion on how to actually make the shift from consensus or compliance (depending on your tendencies)…
Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Creating Structured Communication

Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Creating Structured Communication

Part 1 of this series laid out the third shift leaders need to make to successfully transition into senior leader roles: From Consensus…
Consensus Compliance Commitment

Transitioning to Senior Leadership: From Compliance to Commitment

Several months ago, we began our journey about the 4 shifts leaders need to make to successfully transition into senior leadership roles.  Shift…
Have the Weird Conversations

Have the Weird Conversations

Have you ever found yourself in a weird space at work – an awkward, strange, uncomfortable, how-did-this-happen kind of place? And then you just…
Team Building

Yes, You Need Team Building. But What Sort?

There are basically two different types of team-building programs – those designed to reward & those designed to fix organizational problems.  …
Want to Improve Team Performance? Focus Around Your Clients

Want to Improve Team Performance? Focus Around Your Clients

How do you structure your teams to get the most out of each employee and deliver the best results for your customers?…
Build People Capacity

Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Building People Capacity

In our last three posts, we’ve explored the second mindset shift that leaders need to make to successfully navigate the transition into…
Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Leading With Strategic Vision

Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Leading With Strategic Vision

In our last two posts, we began to explore the second mindset shift that leaders need to make to successfully navigate the…