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Part 1 (previous posts) Needs Assessment, EQ and communication style, 1-1 debriefs, & individual action plans Part 2: Team Communication Goals: create psychological safety, emotionally connect, use empathy and assertiveness, & start having honest (but uncomfortable) conversations. Part 3: Strategy Session Needs assessment revealed that the leaders could not communicate their department’s core values, vision, […]

**Unconscious Bias, Ageism, and Leadership** Recently, I spoke to two different leaders, from different organizations, about their team members. One leader is a first-time manager and fairly new at her company. The other is an executive leader with 25 years in a leadership role and has a brand new team. Both had unconscious biases towards […]

**Process for creating a customized leadership development solution** Part 1: 1st: Needs Assessment 2nd : EQ and communication style assessments 3rd : 1-1 debriefs (establish rapport & build trust, prepare for difficult and uncomfortable team work ahead). Deep Dive: Needs assessment was completed individually to avoid group think. Revealed alignment and gaps regarding pain points, […]

**We are just not there yet** In honor of women everywhere let’s acknowledge the facts. The World Economic Forum created the Gender Disparity Gap Index. They looked at over 300 countries. Key areas: access to healthcare, government representation, education, and pay. At the current rate, it will take over 200 years to close the gender […]