by Terri Klass | May 16, 2021 | Collaborative Leadership, Communication, Empowerment, Leadership Development, Open-Minded, strategic listening, Team Building
If someone asked you this very question, how might you respond? Thinking about how a team I work with conducts their conversations brought me some pause recently. As with any team, sometimes our discussions seem to flow at a good pace with each member highly tuned in....
by Terri Klass | Mar 21, 2021 | Building Culture, Building Trust, Gifts and Strengths, Influential Leader, Leadership Development, strategic listening, Team Building
Feeling isolated is a fairly common emotional response for many leaders today. As the months keep dragging on during this unsettling time, many of us on teams are connecting more often about business and less on a personal level. Our virtual calls tend to focus on...
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 | Jan 24, 2021 | Career Development, Communication, Dealing With Crises, Goal Setting, Leadership Development, strategic listening
Our world is topsy turvy and that can lead to unbalanced work lives and wobbly career trajectories. What once made sense for leadership success no longer applies. We used to be able to work hard in our jobs, build skills, attain knowledge and then grow our work lives....
by Terri Klass | Jan 18, 2021 | Compassion, Core Values, Influential Leader, Leadership Development, strategic listening
Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader with great vision, courage and purpose. He was not afraid to take a risk in order to build a better world for his community. He ultimately believed in the goodness of people even when they made poor choices or carried out wrongful...
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...
