by Beth Strathman | Jun 9, 2026 | middle market talent retention, employee engagement middle market, executive team coaching Utah, leadership, leadership team health, psychological safety, systemic team coaching, team development, team dysfunction, team turnover
Here’s the assumption that’s costing you top talent: the belief that employees leave for better money. Some do. Yet, the research, including Gallup’s widely cited workforce studies, consistently points to the same uncomfortable conclusion:...
by Beth Strathman | Mar 10, 2026 | internal processes, leadership, team, team systems & processes
High-performing teams don’t run on effort alone. They run on systems: how work gets planned, decisions get made, information flows, and results are reviewed. When those internal processes are unclear or misaligned, even talented teams stall. Leaders often try to fix...
by Beth Strathman | Jan 6, 2026 | leadership, culture, purpose, team, team environment
Most teams don’t fail because they lack talent, intelligence, or effort. They fail because they’ve lost sight of why their work matters, their purpose. In today’s fast-moving, high-pressure organizations, teams are asked to deliver results while absorbing constant...
by Beth Strathman | Dec 9, 2025 | emotional intelligence, culture, humility, leadership, leadership as self-development, leadership skills, psychological safety, psychological safety, systemic team coaching, team, team development, team leader, vulnerability
Ask any leader what their team needs to succeed and you’ll hear familiar themes: clarity, accountability, communication, alignment. All true. But underneath every one of those team capabilities sits a deeper, more human foundation: the emotional intelligence (EQ) of...
by Beth Strathman | Jun 16, 2025 | leadership as self-development, leadership
Have you ever had a moment—maybe quiet and brief—when you sensed that your life, your leadership, was heading somewhere important? A glimpse of purpose, even if you couldn’t quite put it into words? That’s not just wishful thinking. That’s a spark of destiny....
by Beth Strathman | Jun 3, 2025 | leadership as self-development, leadership
How the Path of Leadership Shapes Who You Become What if we treated leadership not just as a job title or promotion—but as a rite of passage toward personal transformation? In ancient and indigenous cultures, transitions into new roles—especially...
