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 | May 12, 2026 | team development, culture, learning, stakeholder engagement, systemic team coaching, team, team coach, team systems & processes
Here’s the truth most teams don’t say out loud: team dysfunction rarely announces itself. There’s no memo, no crisis meeting, no single moment of failure. Instead, it shows up quietly, in the meeting after the meeting, in the email threads that go...
by Beth Strathman | Apr 14, 2026 | systemic team coaching, team as a system
Most teams work hard. They prepare for meetings. They align on goals and strategy (or try to). They tackle the big decisions and try to move the things forward. And still, something doesn’t quite land. Silos persist. Stakeholders feel underserved. The same...
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 | Feb 10, 2026 | communication, culture, psychological safety, psychological safety, team coach, team development, team systems & processes
Most teams today communicate. A lot. In fact, they’re swimming in words. Meetings stack up on calendars. Slack messages multiply. Emails pile up faster than anyone can read them. And yet leaders still find themselves saying things like: “We just talked about this last...
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...
