Trust in Teams: Power of Intention

Power of intention is a massive thing when it comes to building trust in teams. Team members will interpret your intentions in any communication based on past experiences. Every manager should spend some time reviewing how they have fared in the past. Do you always...
Leadership Culture: Is It Motivating or Demotivating Your Employees?

Leadership Culture: Is It Motivating or Demotivating Your Employees?

While discussing leadership culture during a recent training session, a participant asked me who needed to adapt: the manager to the team or vice versa?  Answering this, I spoke about the need for both parties to adapt to each other, as will team members to each...

Engaging Leadership Series: Managing Conflict (Part 1)

Managing conflict is one of the most important skills in the engaging leader’s toolkit.  How you manage conflict will have a significant impact on whether your team is engaged and motivated or simply going through the motions. In this blog post, I will first look at...