by Terri Klass | Feb 17, 2019 | Building Confidence, Career Development, Communication, Leadership Development, Open-Minded
During a leadership program I presented last week there was a great deal of discussion about how to feel empowered to speak up. Participants were feeling frustrated that they had no influence over their team members or colleagues from other departments. Information...
by Terri Klass | Oct 21, 2018 | Building Confidence, Empowerment, Goal Setting, Influential Leader, Leadership Development, strategic listening
Working with a leader the past few weeks to help her prepare for a presentation was an eye-opening experience. She had all the technical skills needed to be highly successful but was facing a new challenge- speaking in front of a large group. She did have some...
by Terri Klass | Jul 1, 2018 | Building Confidence, Career Development, Dealing With Crises, Goal Setting, Leadership Development, Management Development, Mentoring
It happens to all of us during our careers. We go with the flow and even face our scariest projects and colleagues with courage and determination. We convince ourselves nothing will stop our trajectory, no matter how many roadblocks are put in our way. We choose to...
by Terri Klass | Jun 10, 2018 | Building Confidence, Career Development, Core Values, Empowerment, Leadership Brand, Leadership Development, Negative self-talk, Storytelling
Our leadership story is the most powerful tool leaders have to help them describe the path they chose and what went into formulating their critical career decisions. Our stories showcase the skills and knowledge we gained as we explored and learned from different jobs...
by Terri Klass | Mar 25, 2018 | Appreciation, Building Confidence, Coaching, Communication, Compassion, Inspire, Leadership Development, Management Development
Leaders know that their work lives can be very busy and that sometimes means we don’t always think before we speak. It’s not that we deliberately make poor word choices; it’s just that we don’t always weigh how our messages may come across. But words and phrases...
by Terri Klass | Mar 4, 2018 | Building Confidence, Dealing With Crises, Empowerment, Influential Leader, Leadership Development, Management Development, Problem Solving
In a problem-solving workshop this past week leaders spent a great deal of time working on some of the critical challenges they were facing in their workplaces. At first there was a great deal of frustration and anger in describing the leaders’ crises. It was clear...
