Can Some Influencing Strengths Do More Harm Than Good?

Leveraging our strengths is a powerful way to grow, increase our impact, and collaborate more effectively with those around us.  Working regularly with team trainers and coaches, I know how good it feels to see individuals score highly on certain SOI 360 Influencing Styles. For example, styles that are central to their roles or styles […]

What is “Coaching Up”? How To Coach Your Boss

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Do you ever feel like you could perform better, learn faster, or realize your potential more successfully…if you only had a little more from your manager or leader? As brilliant as they may be at their jobs, leaders are (also) humans and not necessarily great at everything.  Maybe your boss could follow through more often, […]

Healthy Conversations: The Key To Conflict Resolution

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Avoiding conflict in a busy workplace can sometimes feel impossible.  Every team deals with unclear expectations, poor communication, personality clashes, differing interests, and organizational shake-ups…all ingredients for disagreement and going head-to-head.  So why do some teams come out of conflict stronger, more productive, and more motivated, while other groups dissolve into organizational silence, silos, and […]

Dominos No More: Ending The Knock-On Effects of Stress

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Picture this: you’re sitting at your computer, working away quietly, when your colleague Toby storms past. He slams a huge pile of papers marked “URGENT” on his desk, picks up the phone, and starts barking at another colleague, Yolande, in Accounting: “I HATE when you do ABC…I’ve got enough on my plate right now!”  How […]

How To Inspire Others

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Think of a project you were super keen to take part in—one you couldn’t wait to execute and the success of which you were highly invested in. Maybe it was a new way of working or a challenging new strategy… Now think about how you were briefed on that project. How did your boss communicated […]

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