by Beth Strathman | Oct 4, 2024 | authentic, awareness, behavior, beliefs, leader, leadership, leadership training, mindset, professional development plan, self-awareness
What’s more important to you — the status you get from being in a leadership position or the responsibility to serve others? The quality of your leadership is shaped by whether you emphasize the status and privilege that you get from being in a leadership position...
by Beth Strathman | Sep 17, 2019 | assumptions, authentic, communication, confrontation, credibility, ego, executive, leader, leadership, leadership skills, purpose, trust, values, vision
Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to state your disagreement or take a stand with someone who’s in a high position than yours, like your boss, board chair, or someone else in leadership? It’s tough because you want to respect the person...
by Beth Strathman | Aug 20, 2019 | authentic, behavior, change, collaboration, communication, corporate culture, ego, employee engagement, humility, identity, innovation, leader, leadership, leadership skills, leadership training, performance, productivity, self-awareness, team
Did you know that teams rated as the “best” make more mistakes (not fewer) than others? How come? Because the better teams that make more mistakes DISCUSS them. When they do this, they can work together to reduce them. In short, these “better” teams...
by Beth Strathman | May 15, 2019 | authentic, identity, leader, leadership, micromanaging, self-awareness, team
An Appeaser is the opposite of the Micromanager I wrote about previously in How to Know If Your Are a Micromanager. True micromanagers get a bad rap and deservedly so. However, if you’re an Appeaser, your leadership style is just as ineffective and can cause low...
by Beth Strathman | Aug 7, 2018 | assumptions, authentic, awareness, behavior, beliefs, change, ego, evolve, leadership, leadership skills, leadership training, resilience, self-awareness, success
When was the last time you got out of your “comfort zone”? Here’s a story, from storyteller Michael Meade, about the fact that seeking safety might be costing you something: On the ancient savannas life pours forth in the form of teeming, feeding...
by Beth Strathman | Jul 24, 2018 | authentic, awareness, behavior, corporate culture, leader, leadership, leadership training, management skills, self-awareness
Is it difficult for you to find the right balance between being task-focused and relationship-focused? Is it simply challenging to figure out how “nice” you need to be at work? Do you ever wonder what it really means to be a good team player? If you’ve never had these...