Build Accountability To Nurture Innovation
Assigning blame or muddling through a tricky situation without fully understanding who is doing what and what the chains of progress and communication are will result in a team that…
Posts by Sheila Wherry
Plan For Mistakes
Though it might feel like an extra step, planning for mistakes in projects or strategies will save you time in the long run. Sure, there are risk matrixes, but they…
Impact Versus Intention When We Speak
When we communicate with our colleagues, are we just making statements or demands, or are we contributing opportunities to blow open dialogue pathways to big ideas and stronger dynamics? Are…
Where Are You Leading Your Team?
Is your team stagnant or inspired? Are they merely following instructions or are you moving forward with intention, in collaboration? Teams are stronger when they converse, think and explore together.…
Strong Communication Makes Strong Leaders
When leaders avoid the tough stuff and it doesn’t go unnoticed. If you can unstick a tricky discussion or manoeuvre a conversation back on track when needed, your team and…
Accelerating Team Success
Let’s be clear, when it comes to leading successful teams, results don’t flow in a straight line. The future is not an incremental sequence from where you are now and…
Are You Looking To Strengthen Your Coversation Skills At Work?
Better conversations at work can lead to vital, exciting new connections and innovations. They can also get us noticed for our ideas, thoughtfulness and leadership. This is a skill that…
Be A Role Model For How Your Team Communicate
It is possible to learn to create opportunities and spaces for open, helpful formal and informal dialogue to take place within your team, and model how you would like that…
A Team That Talks
Teams that engage in safe, high-quality communication are strong and get stuff done. Productive team dialogue doesn’t just happen. As leaders we have to consciously make space and give permission…
Conversing In Teams: The Roles We Play
Dynamics in conversations vary greatly depending not just on who is having the conversation, but the roles each person plays as well. Our roles in dialogue include: questioning – to…