Leadership

(Author’s Note: For those who have been following along with this blog for a while, you know that your authors, especially this one, are not afraid to share elements of our non-work life here. For those who are new to this blog, don’t let the personal nature of today’s topic scare you away. This is […]

So often in preparing to communicate, we make a fundamental mistake: we enter what my colleagues and I refer to as “the messenger mindset.” What this means is that our entire approach to communication is about the “delivery of information.” Rather than communicating based on goals and desired outcomes, we set out to inform, to update, […]

The other day I was playing with my kids, and my daughter asked me about what I do at The Latimer Group. I gave her what I thought was a good answer, straight from our highly curated marketing materials: “we provide coaching and training to…” But my answer wasn’t super helpful to a six-year old. […]

This post was written by Hannah Morris, Coach and Facilitator at The Latimer Group.  What is “organizational identification” and why does it help and hinder change efforts? Put simply, organizational identification is feeling part of something. It is the way members feel a part of the collective mission, values, and priorities of an organization. Employees with […]

This post was written by Hannah Morris, Coach and Facilitator at The Latimer Group.  Our organizations and teams are undergoing more change than ever before. Some are large-scale organizational transformations, others are small-scale process shifts, but we are all feeling the impact of change. Adaptability to change is becoming essential – both for organizations and for […]

Three years ago, things were going well for me and my colleagues at The Latimer Group. We were like a boat running hard downwind in a following breeze. The wind was blowing the dog off the chain, and we were barely holding on, white knuckles at all times. But even though the breeze was blowing […]

All of us are leaders in one way or another. We all lead, either formally or informally, constantly or occasionally, officially or unofficially. But we all lead. This is a skill that everyone needs to know at least a little something about. No two leadership situations are exactly the same, because every company, team and […]

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 […]

It has become a complete cliché to talk about how fast things move in the world today. But let’s lean into the cliché for a moment, and then talk about how we react to it. How fast is the world moving? Let us count the ways. We can measure it any way you want. There […]

This post was written by Hannah Morris, Director of Facilitation & Evaluation at The Latimer Group.  Inspirational speakers have voices that endure long past their lifetime. The voice of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lives on – thanks in part to recordings – but primary thanks to his ability to inspire. As a child listening […]