Team Alignment and Communication
What makes a team successful? In our coaching work with organizations, we repeatedly see the themes of alignment and communication rise to the top.
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Employee Engagement
“We don’t have an employee engagement problem, we have a management problem”… was the insight that one of our clients shared with us this week.
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Leadership Excellence #5: Champion Change
Human beings are inherently adverse to change. Add that to the complexity of business and leadership and all kinds of things can get in the way of making changes that are smooth and effective.
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Leadership Excellence #3: Aligning People
As a leader who excels in their role, one very important skill is the ability to align people. Alignment means getting everyone on the same page and being able to communicate both individually and collectively in ways that people feel heard and inspired.
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Leadership Excellence #2: Establishing Direction
One aspect of leadership excellence is the ability to establish (and often re-establish) the direction in which an organization or team is moving. It also means supporting team members in feeling valued and knowing that what they contribute matters.
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Leadership Excellence #1: Know Your Values
The TLS Leadership Excellence in Action model was designed to allow leaders to reflect on the six key skill areas needed for effective leadership. As the beginning of a 6-part series, we talk about skill area #1: Know Myself & My Values!
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