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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 certain people only to particular parts. The intent is kind: Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 2 weeks5 days ago
Practice Makes Culture

Stand-ups, not Status Meetings

The stand-up meeting, which we get from Scrum, can be one of the more magical, simple agile practices, helping the humans connect and collaborate and work as a team. But most of the stand-ups I observe fail to achieve the magic. As any Scrum trainer will tell you, the stand-up Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 2 months2 months ago
Steer with Clarity

Clarity Is Hard

Lessons in leadership keep me humble, and remind me what we need to keep learning. Join the conversation on LinkedIn to share how you provide clarity in your org. Clarity is Job #1 for leaders. The greatest gift you can give the people you work with–and your greatest responsibility–is clarity. Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 3 months3 months ago
Deliver with Confidence

How Effectively Does Your Volunteer Board Support Your Org?

I’ve been learning more about strengthening leadership teams by working with not-for-profit boards of directors (including the one I’m on). What have you experienced with regard to volunteer teams? Join the conversation on LinkedIn. When a non-profit board of directors struggles to be effective, the problem can seem particularly intractable Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 4 months4 months ago
Lead with Heart

Fireside Chat: Ronica & Bob Galen Discuss the Practices that Build a Great Culture

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the very practical ways that leaders at all levels can build an amazing organizational culture through practice. Last week I had the great fun of discussing some of those ideas in a virtual fireside chat with Bob Galen.  The video recording of that Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 4 months4 months ago
Deliver with Confidence

Plan to Learn

If you want to move your company toward one that is more effective, innovative and nimble, then you want to move your company culture toward one that truly values learning and growth. As a leader, one way you can do that is to encourage people around you to treat more Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 8 months7 months ago
Lead with Heart

Mind the (Culture) Gap

When you dream of working at a company more suited to you—to your beliefs, your style, your…self—what do you imagine? And what are the current company norms you encounter that send you into that daydream? I help Change Agents of all sorts—CEOs, CTOs, visionary directors and both internal and external Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 8 months8 months ago
Steer with Clarity

What is your intent for 2020?

In a previous post I described how we prepared for 2020 by reflecting on 2019 to set our intentions around how to evolve our behaviors, and by writing down our values, as a key precursor to understanding desired directions for growth. Both those activities greatly influence WHO we are as Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 11 months10 months ago
Lead with Heart

Are you ready for 2020?

Are you ready for the new year? The new decade? What did you do to get ready for 2020? This is the perfect season to reflect on 2019, and to set your intent (not just your budget) for your organization for the year.  In this short blog series, we’d like Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 12 months12 months ago
Steer with Clarity

Leading with Heart, Making Audacious Achievable

Surrounded by the Selkirk Mountains in the Idaho Panhandle, I recently had the great honor to help an executive team shape the path of peaks and milestones that will lead their company to their ambitious goals for success in five years. Next up for them: Engage the whole company (around Read more…

By Ronica Roth, 2 years2 years ago

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