“Yes” Moves the Conversation Forward
Posted On June 30, 2017 BY Brett Slater
Today’s post was written by Brett Slater, Chief Social Media Officer at The Latimer Group. Improvisation fascinates me. A recent passion of mine has been improv comedy, and I’m a huge fan of jazz and jam bands, both of which lean very heavily on improvisation as a tool. Part of my fascination with the improv […]
What Happens When “The Plan” Falls Through?
Posted On March 23, 2017 BY Dean Brenner
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson People love to plan. Everyone has a plan. You can’t do anything in today’s world without a plan. But having a plan is only part of the equation… and I would say it is the easy part. The harder part of […]
How to Align a Successful Team: Step 2
Posted On March 20, 2017 BY Dean Brenner
Last week, we wrote about the first step in aligning a successful team: Have a goal. Without a clear goal or mission, then the team will have no purpose, no idea where it is going. Sounds obvious, right? Sure it does. But in our experience, this seemingly obvious step gets missed all the time. There […]
How to Align a Successful Team: Step One
Posted On March 15, 2017 BY Dean Brenner
Regardless of our industry, our organization and our role within our organization, the ability to align and motivate the people who work for us or with us is a mission critical skill. Simple fact. And this is not an easy thing to do. Almost everyone shows up with their own ideas, their own agenda, and their […]
Leadership Tips: When to Debate, When to Dictate
Posted On January 30, 2017 BY Dean Brenner
I’m working with an executive right now who has an interesting and engaging leadership style. He likes to collaborate, he likes dialogue, he wants to hear what people have to say. He allows lots of input, and seems to detest strict hierarchy. I like this style, actually, because it is similar to my own. But […]
The Most Important Ability You Need in the Workplace
Posted On December 7, 2016 BY Dean Brenner
(This post written by Brett Slater, Chief Social Media Officer at The Latimer Group) I got an amazing text from Dean yesterday while he was in a break at one of The Latimer Group’s workshops: “The most important ability in the workplace is account-ability…” Whoa. Mind::blown. That phrase popped up spontaneously in that workshop, and we […]
5 Keys to More Persuasive Communication
Posted On November 7, 2016 BY Dean Brenner
Are you persuasive? When you speak and write, do you have the ability to persuade people to do what you want them to do and to believe what you want them to think? Those with the power to persuade are in demand. People want to be on their teams. People follow their lead. Persuasive people […]
What Is Your Superpower?
Posted On November 3, 2016 BY Dean Brenner
I have written here on many other occasions that leadership and team lessons can come from anywhere. It is always great to find some little nugget of wisdom and apply it to other facets of your life. And it is especially profound when that little nugget comes in the most innocent of ways… a passing […]
The 4 C’s of Leadership Communication
Posted On October 24, 2016 BY Dean Brenner
It’s an increasingly complicated world in which to live and do business. We have more access to information, and more access to each other than ever before. As we process that information, distractions and “white noise” come at each of us every day, at an alarming rate, from seemingly every direction, which makes our jobs […]
4 Keys to Leading a Successful Virtual Team
Posted On September 21, 2016 BY Dean Brenner
A virtual team is a team that is spread out over many locations, connected by the wonders of electronic communication. The hardest part of the Virtual Team is that the group rarely sees each other face to face, and in many cases, team members have never met in person. Despite an abundance of tools that […]