Leadership Roles Survey: Do You Exhibit Effective Team Leadership? Take the Survey
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...
Team Building During Covid 19 Pandemic
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 Fun Charity Bike Build in Denver, CO
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...
Make Yourself Indispensable as a Leader in a Crisis
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....
Do You Really Know How To Motivate Your Team?
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...
Position Yourself as the “Go-To” Expert in Your Industry
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...
Preparing for Potential Problems Makes You Better Able to Overcome Obstacles
The Road to Success Will Not Always Be Smooth. The road to success will not always be smooth. By preparing for potential problems, you will be better prepared to overcome obstacles when they come your way. The Five Ways to Prepare for Potential Problems Are the...
5 Effective Tips and Strategies for Coping with Loneliness and Isolation
Loneliness and isolation, yuck! We all know these are not good feelings. Yet they are feelings we will all most likely experience at some time or another in our lives, especially during or after a pandemic! The feelings of loneliness and isolation can leave us feeling...
Improve your Conversation Skills and Become a Creative Problem Solver
For many in business, it can be hard to get your teams to communicate both their needs and their ideas. With so many rules and regulations, it can be even more challenging to get new ideas accepted and implemented. Often, it's because of some long-standing "That's...
Encourage Remote Collaboration (Even When Your Team Is Completely Back in the Office)
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...
Building Leaders from Within. The 7 Best Ways to Build Your Next Leaders
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...
The Benefits of Utilizing Reframing During Challenging Situations at Work
You may be asking “What is reframing?” Reframing is a technique that can be used to help create a different way of looking at a challenging situation, person, or relationship by changing its meaning. Also referred to as cognitive reframing, it's a strategy therapist...