by Terri Klass | Jun 27, 2021 | Conflict Resolution, Leadership Brand, Leadership Development, Management Development, Open-Minded, Teams
Recently I was drawn into a heated discussion on a team I lead. The interaction took place so quickly that I barely realized what was happening until I had already been sucked in. Information and data were being thrown at me, leaving little room for me to respond to...
by Terri Klass | Apr 18, 2021 | Collaborative Leadership, Conflict Resolution, Leadership Development, Open-Minded, Problem Solving, Teams, Uncategorized
Partnering with a team recently to find a solution to a complicated challenge was no simple task. At first, it seemed that there was an obvious resolution but as with most complex problems, there was way more involved. Different perspectives and suggestions were...
by Terri Klass | Feb 21, 2021 | Conflict Resolution, Leadership Development, Open-Minded, Problem Solving, strategic listening, Team Building
I knew the team meeting was going to be difficult for some of the members because of the item on the agenda. In the past when this topic came up there was great deal of anger and loud voices chiming in at the same time. Adding to this polarizing issue was conducting...
by Terri Klass | Sep 7, 2020 | Building Trust, Collaborative Leadership, Conflict Resolution, strategic listening, Team Building, Teams
I have been working with a new non-profit team of leaders these past few months. This team has a mixture of long-time members as well as brand new members that represent the diversity of the organization. The challenge is that the expectations are extremely different...
by Terri Klass | Dec 15, 2019 | Building Confidence, Change Management, Dealing With Crises, Leadership Development, Open-Minded, Teams
Many leaders find at different times that their work worlds are like an unbalanced seesaw. On one end of the seesaw there are often too many demands being placed on a leader so that the other end can’t possibly pull it down. A leader can feel there is no way to have...