A Story About Sourdough Bread (Sort of…)
Posted On September 11, 2024 BY Lauren St. Germain
This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, Facilitator and Coach for The Latimer Group. I am an “at home sourdough bread baker”. And to know me is to know that I love talking about bread just as much as I love baking and eating it. Think of me as your new “bread obsessed” friend. I started […]
Ads that Stand Out: Latimer in the Wild
Posted On August 20, 2024 BY Lauren St. Germain
This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, Facilitator and Coach for The Latimer Group. The first post I wrote as a contributor to this blog was titled “Latimer in the Wild” and I wrote it as a new member of the team. At the time, I was spending hours upon hours learning the model and preparing […]
How to Gain Competitive Advantage as a Speaker
Posted On June 25, 2024 BY Lauren St. Germain
This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, Facilitator and Coach for The Latimer Group. The cool thing about being a coach, is that sometimes you can impart wisdom on your clients and other times, they impart wisdom back on you. Recently, I was the recipient of some wisdom when a coaching client shared a key takeaway […]
Overcome the Overwhelm of Learning Something New
Posted On May 7, 2024 BY Lauren St. Germain
This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, Facilitator and Coach for The Latimer Group. If you’ve ever taken one of our workshops, you know this: we cover a lot of information. We challenge you with new mindsets, equip you with new toolsets and teach you new skillsets. And we do this intentionally. We want to share […]
It’s a Practice, Not a Knowledge Base
Posted On June 16, 2023 BY Lauren St. Germain
This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, Facilitator and Coach for The Latimer Group. I was recently listening to an old episode of Brené Brown’s podcast, Unlocking Us, where she arrives at a major “a-ha” moment, live during the show. And I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. Moments before her big realization, […]
Introducing ‘Dear Latimer,’ A Communications Advice Column for Our Latimer Group Community
Posted On December 6, 2021 BY Dean Brenner
Hello friends, Our blog remains our primary form of regular communication with all of you, and the activity on our site is something we are really proud of. We also enjoy it when a reader reaches out with a comment or a question, which happens all the time. But as we have reviewed our site […]
Your Attitude Determines Your Direction
Posted On October 22, 2021 BY Lauren St. Germain
Recently, I have been thinking about how critical it is for me to start my day with a positive attitude and I reflected on this story and memory from a few years ago. It’s an example of how your attitude can impact your day and my hope is that it encourages you to be intentional […]
A Wise Word from Winnie the Pooh
Posted On October 1, 2021 BY Lauren St. Germain
This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, Facilitator and Coach at The Latimer Group. I love Winnie the Pooh. So much so that I’ve got a collection of quotes from his stories by A. A. Milne on the coffee table in my living room. It’s a little green book called Pooh’s Little Instruction Book and I […]
Communication as a Power Skill
Posted On September 3, 2021 BY Lauren St. Germain
This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, Facilitator and Coach for The Latimer Group. Here at The Latimer Group, we live by the idea that communication skills should no longer be considered a “soft skill.” We believe that communication is a “power skill”, and earlier this year, McKinsey & Company helped prove this to be true […]
Latimer in the Wild
Posted On August 27, 2021 BY Lauren St. Germain
Publisher’s Note: This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, who has recently joined The Latimer Group as a Facilitator and Coach. We first met Lauren several years ago, in one of our workshops while she was working for one of our major clients. Lauren caught our attention right away as someone we might want to work more […]