Leadership

Have you ever worked with someone who seems obsessed with taking credit for everything? I have, and it… is… awful. It is unmotivating, frustrating, and exhausting to be around someone who is constantly trying to remind you how great they are. All you ever hear from a person like that is some version of “look at […]

I love thinking about teams. I love considering the best ways to get a group of people on the same page, and working together towards a common goal. I love thinking about how to create an environment that will make great people want to be on the team. And here is one of my favorite […]

This post was written by Lauren St. Germain, Facilitator and Coach for The Latimer Group. I’m desperate for spring to arrive. And so is my toddler. Lately, she’s been restless—tired of the same activities (I never thought I’d see the day she got sick of Play-Doh), and running around our living room just doesn’t bring her the […]

Lots of things change as you get promoted to more senior positions. Sure… your title, your comp, maybe even your office. But these aren’t the most important things, and are certainly not the point of this blog. Your responsibilities change: the amount of P&L you might own, the number of people in your part of […]

Information is the blood supply in the modern business organization. But in a world where there is an overwhelming amount of information available, we have to make sure that we are exchanging good information, and not just any information. So let me amend my opening sentence. Good information is the healthy blood supply in the […]

Meetings are a ubiquitous part of the modern office, across all industries. Think of meetings as a company’s blood flow: When they are well-run, ideas and decisions flow through them like oxygen through veins, invigorating every aspect of the business, stimulating new ideas and pushing strategy forward, making it healthy and strong. But poorly run […]

We get inquiries all the time from managers, directors and organizational leaders about a need for communication training for their teams. And in nearly every conversation, the leader is very clear about the needs and weaknesses of her or his team. Then, when we actually conduct the training, and once the participants get comfortable enough to speak […]

As a business community, we spend a lot of time and money talking about and studying the concept of “change management.” And I understand why. It is an important concept, and organizations and their leaders need to be able to navigate the way through those major moments of change. Get it right, and lots of […]

I spend a lot of my time coaching business leaders, emerging and established ones, on their leadership and communication skills. And the best versions of these conversations occur when the leader is willing to make themselves vulnerable and share with me what keeps them “up at night.” The list of things that cause sleeplessness (literal […]

This post was written by Jay Prewitt-Cruz, Director of Coaching and Facilitation at The Latimer Group. At The Latimer Group, our recent winter retreat brought us back to square one on revisiting company norms and agreements for our meeting culture. At first glance, this might seem like a setback. But to us, it’s a significant win. As […]