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Aren’t Leaders Always Supposed to Lead from in Front?
Frequently, we visualize an influential leader as a speaker on stage standing in the spotlight issuing a rallying cry to their audience below, a ship captain positioned at the helm of their titanic vessel charting the course ahead, or a conductor poised before an...
How Designing Alliances Will Cultivate Cohesive Teams
Every leader has been involved in spearheading a strategic initiative that has gotten off track. When this has happened to you, were you able to identify the cause of the setback and quickly get your team back on track? Perhaps there was some misalignment about...
How To Create Meaningful Connection
If you’ve ever struggled as a leader with how to meaningfully connect with your team members while staying focused on achieving your organization's goals, you’re not alone. The generative tension that exists between demonstrating care and concern for others and...
A High-Performing Team is Your Ultimate Competitive Advantage
“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.” ~Patrick Lencioni Whether you own a business, manage a group of employees, or lead a team of outside contractors...
Retaining Talent: 3 Principles for Cultivating an Organizational Culture that Creates a Competitive Edge
The period described as the "Great Resignation" that began about a year ago is an ongoing economic trend. A recent CNBC headline stated that a startling 96% of workers will be looking for a new job this year in the hopes of attaining higher wages, the opportunity for...
Leadership Advice from Kristen Lowers – “Just Be You”
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting with Kristen Lowers, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Saddle Creek Logistics Services. We talked about her path to executive-level leadership and the qualities that continue to serve her as she navigates her career journey. ...
Kim Long – Seeking First to Understand
Kim Long as the Executive Director for Polk Vision, leads a county-wide collective impact organization dedicated to aligning resources across Polk County. Prior to her current position, Kim’s varied career spans the corporate, non-profit, and private sectors and she...
5 Fundamental Leadership Practices for Keeping Employees Engaged
Gallop defines employee engagement as the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in their work and workplace, and their 2022 State of the Global Workplace Report reveals that our global economy loses $7.8 trillion due to low engagement. Are your team members...
Christin Strawbridge – Leading Businesses by Cultivating an Interdependent Community
Christin Strawbridge is a born and raised Lakelander and was nurtured by our local educational institutions from elementary school to college. She attended Florida Southern College and graduated from Southeastern University with a degree in Business Management....
Deena Ware: Creating a Culture of Belonging
We have all questioned the impact of the past 20-plus months on our team members’ sense of belonging. Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with a leader who is driven by creating meaningful connections with those she serves inside her organization and in her...
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How Designing Alliances Will Cultivate Cohesive Teams
Every leader has been involved in spearheading a strategic initiative that has gotten off track. When this has happened to you, were you able to identify the cause of the setback and quickly get your team back on track? Perhaps there was some misalignment about...
How To Create Meaningful Connection
If you’ve ever struggled as a leader with how to meaningfully connect with your team members while staying focused on achieving your organization's goals, you’re not alone. The generative tension that exists between demonstrating care and concern for others and...
Kim Long – Seeking First to Understand
Kim Long as the Executive Director for Polk Vision, leads a county-wide collective impact organization dedicated to aligning resources across Polk County. Prior to her current position, Kim’s varied career spans the corporate, non-profit, and private sectors and she...