by Beth Strathman | Feb 22, 2021 | adaptive leadership, assumptions, awareness, behavior, change, collaboration, communication, dialogue, influence, internal processes, leadership, learning, listening, psychological safety, psychological safety, self-awareness, team
Do you congratulate yourself on the fact that your team never argues or even disagrees with each other? Hold on. That might not be a good thing. Results from a study of 55 executives teams by consulting firm RHR International found that while internal cohesion and...
by Beth Strathman | Dec 21, 2020 | adaptive leadership, alignment, assumptions, behavior, beliefs, change, collaboration, communication, corporate culture, credibility, focus and priorities, goal execution, leadership, leadership skills, strategic planning, strategy, success, tactics, values
A recent survey found that one of the top frustrations of CEOs is aligning strategy and people. This was interesting to me because of the amount of research and experience available to companies about strategy, change management, employee engagement, etc. Moreover,...
by Beth Strathman | Oct 27, 2020 | adaptive leadership, alignment, appreciation, behavior, collaboration, ego, executive, external processes, failure, fallibility, focus and priorities, goal execution, humility, internal processes, leadership, leadership skills, learning, mindset, performance, professional development plan, psychological safety, psychological safety, purpose, purpose & mission, self-awareness, success, team, team environment, team leader, vulnerability
In the U.S., most people are taught from an early age to be individually competent and independent. It’s no wonder that most of your employees have some difficulty in knowing how to work effectively within a team. Here are five things you can do to forge a collective...
by Beth Strathman | Aug 24, 2020 | collaboration, commitment, communication, ego, evolve, external processes, focus and priorities, goal execution, internal processes, leadership, learning, productivity, psychological safety, purpose, purpose & mission, team, team environment, trust
How does a sense of team emerge where the whole is prioritized over the individual, especially in Western cultures where the emphasis is on the individual? A team is a specific type of group where individuals come together to accomplish a shared purpose. In a team,...
by Beth Strathman | Jul 22, 2020 | adaptive leadership, assumptions, behavior, business, collaboration, corporate culture, failure, goal execution, leader, leadership, leadership skills, learning, management skills, micromanaging, performance, psychological safety, psychological safety, purpose & mission, success, team, team environment, trust
Failure happens when a desired or expected outcome doesn’t materialize. It can happen whether or not there was something you could have done about it, too. Whether the mistake is a small glitch or a major flop, failure often weighs heavily on you personally because...
by Beth Strathman | Oct 21, 2019 | collaboration, communication, corporate culture, influence, leadership, leadership skills, productivity, psychological safety, team
It’s invisible, silent — you’ll never know it’s there. But it most likely occurs on your team and will keep it from doing its best work. It is the fear of speaking up about ideas, concerns, questions, and mistakes. Twenty years of research at...
