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Sylvia Blackmon-Roberts on Leaving a Legacy of Elevating Others
Sylvia Blackmon-Roberts serves as the Associate Vice President of Community Relations and Chief Diversity Officer at Southeastern University. As part of the Executive Leadership Team, her roles include helping the University achieve its mission, ensuring that the...
Leadership Starts With Relating Well
Often, I begin an executive coaching engagement or leadership development training with this series of questions: When you are operating at your highest and best as a leader, what are you doing? Who are you being? What is the impact? These questions are designed to...
Michelle Netwal on Being Ready and Paying it Forward
Being ready to step into a new leadership role with increased responsibility and a wider scope of influence is essential for an emerging executive. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michelle Netwal, a leader who has proven many times throughout her...
It Takes A Village To Implement An Executive Succession Plan
Originally published on Forbes.com August 2019 The effective implementation of an executive-level leadership succession plan is not just about naming the successor. Specific and intentional action must be taken to ensure that the successor, who may be new to an...
Anchoring Organizational Culture: Why It’s More Important Than Ever
Originally published on Forbes.com June, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has completely disrupted business as we know it. The response to COVID-19 has created the unexpected need to geographically disperse our teams, reprioritize organizational goals and most...
8 Ways to Re-engage Your Team
As we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis and embark on the next normal, now is the ideal time to re-engage and re-fuel your team for success. Whether your teams are reconvening in person, continuing to work virtually, or are navigating a new hybrid work environment,...
Calm During Crisis: Susan Copeland On Staying Grounded and Connected
The pandemic has highlighted the role schools play in providing stability for many Polk County families. Recently, I met with Susan Copeland who has served as the Executive Director of the Polk Education Foundation (PEF) since 2005, to talk about leading through...
Sharpening Soft Skills: Seven Human-Centered Approaches For Leaders
Originally published on Forbes.com December 2020 2020 was a year of unprecedented change, volatility, and unpredictability - a time when emotions ran high, an epidemic of workplace stress reached a tipping point, and employee burnout was at an all-time high. Nearly...
Lessons on Resilience and Growing Where You Are Planted from Teresa Martinez
When it comes to leadership and giving back to her community, there is not much that Teresa Martinez has not done. Arriving in Polk County in the early 1970s as an exile from the oppressive communist regime in Cuba, Teresa has made her mark on our county in numerous...
Looking Back to Chart a Path Forward
The turn of the calendar is typically a time when my plans for the upcoming year take shape. The new year marks a time for me to reset, reimagine, refocus, reprioritize, and use that energy to regain my inspiration and motivation. The close of one year and the...
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8 Ways to Re-engage Your Team
Whether your teams are reconvening in person, continuing to work virtually, or are navigating a new hybrid work environment, making time to refocus on team relationships, purpose and collective goals is a wise investment.
Building Communities Through Exceptional Leadership
While Nicole is relentless in her pursuit of sustainable economic growth in our city, she is passionate about creating a culturally inclusive and welcoming community.
6 Ways to Cultivate a Positive Organizational Culture
Taking steps to ensure that a high-performance culture is present in your organization is crucial to staying competitive in today’s business climate