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 | 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 | 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 | 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....
