by Terri Klass | Jul 28, 2024 | Curiosity, Empowerment, Evaluating Leaders, Executive Coaching, Gifts and Strengths, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, Management Development
As I ask this question, I’m wondering how many leaders are trying to wrap their heads around this. Are you one of these leaders? If someone were to pose this to you, could you rattle off your top three strengths? For some leaders it may seem quite simple to share...
by Terri Klass | Jun 2, 2024 | Career Development, Core Values, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, Management Development, Myers-Briggs MBTI, Problem Solving
I recently coached a leader who had strong technical skills but kept getting stuck on one specific procedure that they performed daily. They possessed all the background needed to master their challenging tasks but repeatedly became overwhelmed when they reached a...
by Terri Klass | Mar 24, 2024 | Building Trust, Coaching, Influential Leader, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, Open-Minded, strategic listening
Leaders walk a fine line between creating a healthy rapport with their teams and becoming too emotionally entangled to lead with objectivity. This is often a result of leaders not being able to create boundaries with others because they feel and care so much. When we...
by Terri Klass | May 8, 2023 | Curiosity, Influential Leader, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, strategic listening
One of the most underestimated skills for influential leadership is true listening. Whether we are listening face-to-face, on the phone or on a virtual call, the person on the receiver end of a communication holds a very important listening space for the speaker. Even...
by Terri Klass | Nov 20, 2022 | Appreciation, Building Culture, Gifts and Strengths, leadership qualities, Team Building
As Thanksgiving approaches in the U.S., many leaders are getting ready for family or friend gatherings. This year people are reconnecting in larger numbers after several years of staying apart due to the unforgiving virus. For some leaders, the regathering is being...
by Terri Klass | Nov 6, 2022 | Building Culture, Building Trust, Coaching, Compassion, leadership qualities, Mentoring, Open-Minded, Team Building
As we keep growing in our careers, leaders continue to find themselves part of many different types of teams. Some teams seem to run smoothly while others can feel fairly dysfunctional. I have worked with both kinds of teams in organizations for many years and have...
