Courageous vulnerability boosts your Team’s connections, understanding, and innovation. When describing vulnerability, I’m not referring to Merriam Webster’s definition, “open to attack or damage.” I’m also not saying that leaders and Team members need to bear their souls and talk about all of their weaknesses. The vulnerability I’m referring to is the ability to ask […]
Just because you built buy-in doesn’t mean it will stick around. It needs cultivation and invested time. So often, we feel as though we have to keep our cards close to our chests as leaders. We don’t want scrutiny. We worry that the plan has to be perfect—which doesn’t exist—before we reveal it. Maybe there’s […]
Communication, Compassion, and Clear Expectations will Boost Employee Buy-in and Belonging so that you can Retain your Team.
Last year’s life lessons translated into leadership lessons For me, 2021 was a transformative year. I left the world of education in June and joined the Strategic Leaders Academy on July 1 as a consultant and professional speaker. It made perfect sense—I have been speaking about my experience in Iraq since 2004, and I have […]
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Our instincts draw us towards authentic individuals. Think about one of your most amusing, real, and charismatic friends. I conjure up Sarah with her red curly hair, her robust laugher, her ability to find joy and wit in every interaction, and her unflappable ability to be her true self regardless of audience and pressure. I […]
The veteran community is robust, passionate, gritty, funny, caring, empathetic, resourceful, and tough as nails – These are my people Yup, that’s me in the photo—the one with hair. I’m not sharing the picture to boast or brag, but rather to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU! I’m bursting with gratitude as I write this. Gratitude […]
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