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Guide Not Give
The other night my son, Logan, a sophomore at The Seven Hills School, told me his teacher, Marcus Twyford, reminds students to “Guide, not Give.” This simple, powerful phrase struck me in many ways. It's the antithesis of Gumball Management My business partner,...
Team Performance Sets the Pace for One-to-Ones
Team performance is setting the pace for a fresh look at the One-to-One (OtO). The time is finally here to see a major shift in the power of the OtO. Team members are pushing for powerful check-ins and feedback with their Coach/Leader. We continue to see a transition...
How Strategic Planning Helps Build High Performance Teams
We all know 70% of companies with a strategy outperform their competition and are 12% more profitable. Unfortunately, we also know less than 15% of strategic plans are implemented! How is this possible? Does this mean there’s a lot of wasted time and resources on...
New Year, New Opportunities & the Power of a Team
The new year always makes me reflective for what has been and anticipatory of what can be. It is a beautiful rite of passage to have a 365-day blank slate we can ritualistically mark with self-improvement goals. I love the opportunity to put myself in what I call my...
Thankfulness
Cyndi Wineinger My birthday rolled around again this year. Shocking how that happens – they seem to be coming faster these days. This year felt different. This year, I was truly caught off guard with the sincerity, kindness, and thoughtfulness of the gifts and letters...
Live with Thankful Hearts
Darcy Bien If the past week was not a good example of “being thankful,” then I don’t know what is! I tested positive for Covid the day before Thanksgiving! Yep, and so did my husband. So, imagine three teenagers (17, 15, and 13) and no parental support for 10 days....
Visioning Makes Us Happy!
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...
What is Resiliency?
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...
People Strategy: What difference has 2020 made on how we work and lead
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...
Strategy is Like Winning a Race Over and Over (not just once!)
The question I am asked all the time is… “What is Strategy?” With so many definitions out there, it is very confusing. In his best-seller, How will you Measure your Life?, written by one of my favorite professors, Clayton Christensen, strategy is described as, “At the...
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