by Robyn McLeod | Dec 19, 2024 | Awareness
I am a big proponent of 360-degree feedback – gathering the perspectives of your direct reports and staff, your peers, and your higher-ups to become more aware of how your behaviors, attitudes, and actions impact those around you. My own experience with receiving 360...
by Robyn McLeod | Mar 7, 2024 | Thoughtful Leadership
In one of my first management positions, I had an employee on my team who liked to refer to me as his “fearless leader.” It was mostly an inside joke between the two of us because I stood up for him when he was being given a hard time by another department. Throughout...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 22, 2024 | Team Development
I was meeting with a client the other day, and he was lamenting about the leadership team he’s on. “We’re just not willing to have the hard conversations,” he told me. “Everyone is afraid of giving tough feedback to each other, so nothing gets said.” Unfortunately, we...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 15, 2024 | Management Skills
Feedback is something we all hate to do. I teach this stuff and yet I sometimes cringe at having to deliver constructive feedback (we consultants and coaches call it “constructive” or “developmental” instead of “negative”), and I...
by Robyn McLeod | Dec 7, 2023 | Team Development
It’s that time of year again – December – when three months’ worth of work, meetings, social events, and tasks are crammed into one. Everyone is trying to “close out” the year and piling on to calendars. It doesn’t have to be that way – or it can at least be less...
