Lead with Heart
Why the Elephant?
The Elephant connects to several aspects of our work and mission. We share how elephants represent our “why”
Lead with Heart
Using Habit to Combat Fixed Mindset and Imposter Syndrome
Lately I’ve been really appreciating the growth mindset of Eric, my friend, business partner and–this spring–skiing partner. In this, just his second season of skiing, he’s progressing quickly, and now he’s leading us down some of the hardest mogul runs Read more…
Deliver with Confidence
A Small, Simple–and Critical–Move Toward Better Meetings
Look in your calendar. How clear is the desired outcome of each meeting you’ll attend today? How is each meeting setting the tone, the culture of your organization? Often our meetings have grown a bit stale; they often need a Read more…
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Icebreakers We Love and Why We Love Them
Not all icebreakers add value to a meeting. Here are some we love and why we love them. We frequently include icebreakers in our meetings, starting with the basic goals: Get people participating Help the humans see each other as Read more…
Practice Makes Culture
20 Questions for Amazing Authors About Their Book Writing Journeys
The Elevate team is lucky to know some amazing humans who have written some of the books we most recommend to help leaders deliver practical, successful, sustainable transformation. What would you ask your favorite business book authors if you had Read more…
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Five simple words towards effective transformational leadership
While chatting with a client over the weekend, I realized how much my time training and teaching martial arts continues to influence the way I engage with the world. We were specifically amused with the idea of a classroom full Read more…
Deliver with Confidence
The Wrong Tool for the Job
I was speaking to a GM friend the other day and they mentioned that they’ve moved away from agile and are now using more design thinking. It’s another post entirely to share what they meant when they said that–but the Read more…
Practice Makes Culture
Continuing the Learning
One of the amazing transformation leaders I’ve been working with recently asked for more good ideas for continued learning: “Beyond the SAFe Community are there other national groups or forums you might recommend I get plugged into to keep up Read more…
Deliver with Confidence
Deliberate Empowerment
One of the most common questions I’ve been asked as both a transformation leader and transformation facilitator is “how do I effectively empower my leaders?”. There are some lovely tools for iterating towards higher levels of empowerment and some small Read more…
Practice Makes Culture
Why the ‘B’ in BRP
Sometimes when I’m working with a client to design and facilitate a Big Room Planning event [see Christine’s post on the various types of and agendas for BRPs], a client tries to segment the participant list. They want to invite Read more…
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Start with why… I want to, but how?
As coaches and change agents, we are so often told to ‘start with why’. As someone who’s used Sinek’s golden circle thinking tool for a very long time, I’m a huge proponent of this. However, while there is often unified Read more…