by StretchSLAdmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Organizational Development, Team Building
I can pluck out a tune right around middle C on a piano. Maybe I use 10-12 of the keys? I can see all 88 keys, but I don’t really know how to incorporate them to play a piece of music – even if the information is right in front of me on sheet music. I have...
by Jane Meyer | Jun 7, 2021 | Organizational Development, Team Building
Snowflakes OK Boomer OK Zoomer Labeling generations is nothing new. A portion of Baby Boomers were called out for being “hippies.” Gen Y (Millennials) were singled out for being “snowflakes” by the older generations. And, the newest slam comes from Gen Z, calling out...
by Darcy Bien | Nov 9, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategy, Team Building
Cookbooks and food magazines have figured it out! They feature gorgeous photos as a vision, leading us to believe we can re-create the dish or dessert just like the picture. If it were a text-only recipe, we probably wouldn’t be interested – behold the power of visual...
by Cyndi Wineinger | Nov 9, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategy, Team Building
Dr. Edith Eva Eger was only 16 years old when she was thrown into an Auschwitz concentration camp. Her Mother was instantly separated from her and sent to her death. Dr. Eger quotes her Mother when discussing how she survived the hell she suffered. “No one can take...
by Cyndi Wineinger | Oct 2, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategy, Team Building
No one has a crystal ball to know what the impact of Covid will have on how we work. Short term, we all hope to have some predictable level of new normal in mid-2020. Long term, I think we have learned a number of things to begin adjusting our leadership methods and...
by Darcy Bien | Sep 3, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategy
If there’s one thing we need to be successful in life, it’s feedback – a powerful, FREE tool in our management arsenal – yet it is SO underutilized. Why is this an issue? And, when feedback is given, why is it often given poorly? According to a...