by Beth Strathman | Nov 4, 2025 | agility, culture, learning, team, team development, team environment
In today’s fast-changing business environment, teams can’t rely on yesterday’s knowledge to solve tomorrow’s problems. The real differentiator isn’t who works hardest—it’s who learns fastest. But learning isn’t just an individual pursuit anymore. It’s a team sport....
by Beth Strathman | Aug 18, 2025 | trust, culture, team, team coach, team environment
Let’s face it. Those worn-out trust falls and awkward team-building lunches aren’t doing that much to build trust between team members. If anything, they often feel forced, phony, and disconnected from the real work your team is trying to do. In today’s...
by Beth Strathman | Feb 4, 2025 | psychological safety, awareness, team, team environment, team leader
Psychological safety is the cornerstone of thriving teams and workplaces. In fact, research shows that when psychological safety exists, individuals feel valued, collaboration deepens, and innovation increases. That makes it an important aspect of your team or...
by Beth Strathman | Jan 8, 2025 | leadership, communication, psychological safety, team, team environment, team leader
Traditionally, organizations saw leadership ability as top-down, assertive and directive because it was based on a masculine military model. However, more often today, the notion of effective leadership qualities has expanded to include a mix of both “masculine” and...
by Beth Strathman | Aug 30, 2021 | adaptive leadership, analysis, decision-making, leadership, leadership skills, learning, management skills, purpose & mission, systems thinking, team, team environment
For over 400 years, western civilization has increased its use of analytical thinking and the scientific method to explain almost everything in the natural world. By using analysis (separating a whole into its component parts), our society has greatly expanded the...
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...
