Team Effectiveness
Using Art as a Frame for Expanding Leadership Competencies
What happens when managers and leaders look more closely and apply other “right-brained” competencies to drive growth and lead change?  Using the Barnes Collection as a backdrop to see management and leadership in a new and memorable way, the Barnes Foundation has launched the Research, Education, Adaptation, and Development (READ) Praxis. This new professional development…
Read MoreWhat Kind of team are we, anyway?
A new executive team, flush with investor capital, pulls together a group of highly skilled experts to build out a plan and operational strategy for a new digital healthcare platform. Each member of the nine-person leadership team was brought in for their specialized skills and experience – some from the startup world, others from established…
Read MoreYou’ve Just Returned From a Terrific Leadership Retreat….Now What?
Offsite meeting and leadership retreats, when they’re facilitated well, can be amazing. New energy, new ideas, deeper connections and clearer understanding are just some of the outcomes of successful retreats. But far too often, post-retreat implementation lags and is eventually replaced by new priorities and new focus, causing a gradual dissipation of energy, and a…
Read MoreContext and Culture
To understand a leader’s context, it’s helpful to ask some very basic questions. First, what are they listening for? The way we listen is the structure through which we interpret the world. Regardless of who we are, we all listen for certain possibilities, and filter everything we see and hear accordingly. To understand leaders, you…
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