Put Your High-Perform Team In the Driver's Seat and See What Happens
Imagine you're taking a road trip with your team. Where would each person sit? Will they stay in their assigned seat throughout the trip, or do they switch seats and help one another out? Who takes responsibility for getting everyone safely to...
4 Questions to Ask to Assess an Individual's Trustworthiness
When we trust our colleagues--whether they are fellow members of the leadership team, direct reports, or staff from another department--we have confidence in their abilities. We know they share our commitment to a specific, positive outcome. They...
How to Reduce Conflict Among Employees and Improve Morale
When a conflict erupts among your employees, everyone loses. The longer the conflict is allowed to continue, the greater the impact on your culture and bottom line. Those directly involved in the disagreement are less focused and productive, the...
After the Pandemic, More Professionals Than Ever Want Work that Is Not Merely Transactional
For many corporate leaders and employees, the global pandemic offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reevaluate the role of work in their lives. For those who are part of the Great Resignation, their places of employment came up short....
How to Build Authentic Relationships Across Differences, According to LaTonya Wilkens
As leaders, we all work with employees who are different from us. Until recently, many leaders ignored those differences, believing that they were not relevant in the workplace. Even today, some leaders don't believe it's their responsibility to...
What Should You Do When Your Employee Asks for a Raise and You Have to Decline?
One of the hardest things about being a leader is disappointing people. And in the workplace, few things are more disappointing for an employee than asking for a raise and being turned down. In some cases, even though the conversation will...
Feeling Frustrated? It's Time to Shift Your Thinking
Our perspective influences our reactions, and it can lead us to respond poorly. When we react negatively to a person or a situation, it's often because our perspective was skewed by what we believed to be true at the moment. As our...
Kim Woods Helps Us Tap Into Our Intuition and Decision-Making Superpowers
As a business leader, every decision you make (or fail to make) affects others in your organization. The best decision makers know themselves well. They are clear about their perspective on the subject, aware of their biases, understand their...
It's All In the Delivery: To Make Sure Your Message is Heard, Focus on How You Convey It
Do you say whatever is on your mind without giving it much thought? Do you express the emotions you're feeling, including anger and frustration, in whatever way those feelings arise in that moment?
It makes sense. You want...
5 Steps to Defuse a Disagreement Before It Turns Into a Heated Argument
Arguments don't just come out of nowhere (though it can certainly feel like they do). They arise when we aren't paying close attention. Perhaps you stopped paying attention to what's happening between you and the person...