by Terri Klass | Oct 30, 2016 | Building Trust, Delegation, Influential Leader, Leadership Brand, Leadership Development, Management Development
With Halloween upon us, what better time than now to expose how hiding behind a frightening mask can impact our leadership. Working with leaders at many different levels, I have seen the craziest and most debilitating leadership masks. One healthcare leader had the...
by Terri Klass | Oct 16, 2016 | Building Confidence, Building Trust, Empowerment, Influential Leader, Leadership Development, Management Development
Many of us spend much of our time working with people who possess high- ranking positional titles. These colleagues may be our bosses, our co-workers or even members of different departments. They seem to have control over how we run our jobs or at least we allow them...
by Terri Klass | Oct 9, 2016 | Communication, Influential Leader, Leadership Brand, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, Self-Promotion, Storytelling
What type of leader do you want to be? If someone were to ask you what your brand of leadership looks like, what would you say? Have you thought about how you reached the point of leading that you are today? Sure we all want to make valuable contributions and feel...
by Terri Klass | Sep 18, 2016 | Building Trust, Influential Leader, Leadership Development, Open-Minded, strategic listening
For the past six months my local town has been facing many store closings. Although we have always had a vibrant downtown area, retail establishments seem to be unable to keep their doors open lately. Week after week it seems that another store is closing and no new...
by Terri Klass | Aug 21, 2016 | Building Trust, Core Values, Influential Leader, Leadership Brand, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, Open-Minded, Team Building
One of the most critical qualities leaders say they must possess is integrity. When asking leaders what is important for great leadership, there isn’t a time that integrity doesn’t pop-up. It also doesn’t matter what type of job or industry that leaders work,...
by Terri Klass | Aug 14, 2016 | Collaborative Leadership, Core Values, Evaluating Leaders, Influential Leader, Leadership Development, leadership qualities
I’m a big believer in visuals and images. When leaders make commitments to themselves and their teams about the importance of strong leadership, words may not be enough. Although words can be a good way to begin a conversation or reflection about leadership, words...
