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...
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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...
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...
Leading with a Sense of Discovery and Purpose: A conversation with Ana E. Wood
My most recent leadership conversation was with Ana E. Wood, Waste & Recycling Director for Polk County Board of County Commissioners. Wood has responsibility for all field operations, including the environmental and social impact of waste management activities....
Women Are Already Empowered; Organizational Systems Need To Catch Up
The rise of women in leadership over the past decade would not have been possible without the gritty, strong-minded, trailblazing female luminaries that came before them. Disruptors like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton who fought for women’s right to vote,...
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,...
Building Communities Through Exceptional Leadership
A bachelor’s degree in Architecture may have led to a career in building homes or offices, but Nicole Travis is using her background in community development, project management, and strategic planning to build our community. As Lakeland’s Director of Community &...
6 Ways to Cultivate a Positive Organizational Culture
Every organization, from a small business to a large corporation, has a culture. The culture determines the spoken - and unspoken - expectations and rules of engagement for how employees will interact, relate, lead, communicate, and solve problems together. When you...
Multitasking: 5 Reasons Why It Doesn’t Work
“You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.” ~ Gary Keller, author of The One Thing Take a moment to think about all of the things you are doing right now. Obviously, the first thing on the list is reading this article, but...
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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...