by Beth Strathman | Mar 4, 2025 | self-awareness, behavior, beliefs, communication, emotional intelligence, leadership
Leadership is a multifaceted role that goes beyond strategy and decision-making. At it’s core, leadership is about inspiring others, fostering collaboration, and creating an environment where people thrive. Unfortunately, what most leaders fail to grasp is that...
by Beth Strathman | Oct 4, 2024 | authentic, awareness, behavior, beliefs, leader, leadership, leadership training, mindset, professional development plan, self-awareness
Do you see leadership as the entitlement and privilege of status or as a responsibility to others? Your leadership style is shaped by what you prioritize: the status and privilege of your position or the responsibility you have to serve others. True leadership isn’t...
by Beth Strathman | Aug 7, 2024 | communication, confrontation, dialogue, leadership, self-awareness
(Updated from a May 2017 post “5 Signs You Shirk Responsibility When Communicating”) Communicating effectively is probably the most common area where managers, team leaders, and executives can grow. In fact, surveys indicate the following: Teams who communicate...
by Beth Strathman | Feb 22, 2021 | dialogue, adaptive leadership, assumptions, awareness, behavior, change, collaboration, communication, 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 because some conflict can be beneficial, especially during team conversations. Results from a study of 55 executives teams...
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 | May 20, 2020 | commitment, ego, humility, leadership, purpose, self-awareness, success, team, trust
Mythologist Michael Meade wrote, “All meaningful change requires a genuine surrender. Yet, to surrender does not simply mean to give up; more to give up one’s usual self and allow something other to enter and redeem the lesser sense of self.” Your employees do this...
