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Mending fences through productive conflict: 5 points to consider
Let’s face it: conflict happens in the workplace. With every client we work with, conflict is an element of a coaching conversation. How can you navigate it in the most productive way possible? It begins and ends with trust. Let me explain. 1. Explore trust. Conflict...
The top three traits you need to be an executive-level leader
To be in the upper echelon of leadership, one needs to possess the traits necessary for a desired leader. It is paramount that one not only talks the leadership talk but also walks the leadership walk. Over the years, high-potential employees have asked our Solutions...
Leadership 201: leading within a team
This month, our leadership journey takes us a step up to leading within a team. If you didn’t read my last blog, do so before you read this one; self-care and leadership are foundational to other successful stages of leadership. Early in my leadership career, I...
The importance of uncovering hidden biases
Conscious and unconscious biases are judgments—some very complex in nature—which affect us all and our organizations. They are often hidden in our subconscious and can limit personal and professional growth and capability. Over the last year, circumstances have...
Organizational depth adds value
Buyers look to minimize risk and ensure themselves a stable workforce. Stability is key. Buyers will look at organizational turnover and the depth of leadership talent. Lower turnover and deeper talent equal greater stability. Greater stability equals higher...
In times of crisis, leaders prevail
“Leadership” is one of those words that take on a different meaning for each of us who use it. Because of the range in the definition each person may have for “leadership,” it can be tough to have a conversation where everyone involved has the same understanding....
Solutions 21 Promotes Rob Salome
Solutions 21 is pleased to announce the promotion of Vice President of Consulting Services Rob Salome to the position of chief operating officer, effective January 4, 2021. “The pandemic has been a tremendous challenge for our clients, but we managed to grow our own...
Strategic leaders—never, never, never give up!
To fully understand the magnitude and complex nature of strategy, I would like to first set the stage by bringing you back to late May 1940, Dunkirk, Northern France. At this time, over 330,000 Belgian, British, and French troops were surrounded by German soldiers...
Leadership 101: self-care
Recently, I sat on a plane listening to the stewardess’s standard emergency spiel. As she said, “When the oxygen masks come down, put the mask on yourself first, then put it on your child or anyone else next to you,” I began to think about how these instructions apply...
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