Want to build a strong team culture? Set A Team Goal for Your Group. The strongest friendships are always developed under a shared stress. In addition, the more positive the stress, the more positive the relationship. For instance, soldiers often come back from war...
Is your performance review system for your employees and team members outdated? Are you and your team members still using the same type of annual employee assessment that your parents used? One common complaint that comes up in job satisfaction surveys is, "I never...
So what exactly does a good team leader do? Strengthen the Leadership Roles Below to Build Effective Leadership in Yourself and Your Team. After studying some of the best leaders in different industries for the past 20 years, we found a few roles that each played very...
Companies Have an Absolute Need for Team Building During Covid 19. Over the past six months, both employees and managers have experienced a roller coaster of emotions. We have all experienced tremendous fear, loneliness, anger, frustration, and confusion. Then, just...
Optiv Security had a fun bike build at the Four Seasons Hotel in Denver, CO. The group was a combination of their Denver and Kansas City IT professionals. They wanted to do a team bonding activity that would be fun and benefit the community. Optiv Cybersecurity is a...
I took my first leadership training course back almost 20 years ago. It did more for me than all of the education that I worked very hard for in High School and College. This single class was more valuable than all of the seminars that my former employers provided me....
Leadership and management skills are not coded into our DNA. These skills are honed over time through study, research, experimentation, and sometimes... trial and error. One of the things that can be challenging for managers and leaders, even during optimal times, is...
How to Position Yourself as the Expert in Your Industry Want to become the "Go-To" expert in your industry? One of the easiest ways to drive prospective clients and customers to your business is to become "the" expert in your field. The term Expert carries credibility...
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, teams have had to collaborate remotely out of necessity. As we start to open back up and come back to the office, you may want to continue to encourage remote collaboration. For instance, how often do your team members chat with each...
If you own or run a business you have two choices. You could search for leaders in the marketplace and try to convince them to join your team. Alternatively, you can build leaders from within your organization. When you do the latter, you have the potential to create...
Note to All Governors: Be the Leader You Were Elected to Be. Shutting Down States Was an Extreme Overreaction and May Kill More People than the Coronavirus. On Friday, our Governor, Gregg Abbott began the "reopen" process for Texas. He created a process called "retail...
With the Covid-19 crisis of 2020, many companies have had to adjust to managing remote teams on the fly. For the first 15 years that The Leaders Institute ® existed, we operated entirely remotely. In fact, we went through the opposite of what companies in early 2020...