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Workplace Conflict   What do you do when you have a negative work environment and low productivity? HR managers talk about unresolved conflict, toxic outbursts of people blaming one another, and people just being mean to one another.  As time goes on, productivity and profits suffer, and another round of blaming occurs. We call this the downward spiral. Conflict Background   Early in my career I got a chance to work with a big law office, and the managing attorney contacted me complaining about the lack of productivity and attention to detail by the team. He was a brilliant immigration…

Are you struggling with creating accountability in your teams? Team members are often reluctant to give each other feedback because they don’t have the skills or the practice to have accountability conversations. We can teach your team members how to effectively hold each other accountable in the workplace.

I had a federal government agency recently ask me to do a training on “how the heck do we work with millennials in the workplace?” I thought it was a funny question, given that millennials have been in the workplace for 15 years now. As a matter of fact, the next generation (generation Z or the “post-millennials”) will be entering the work force starting next year. But, people have been asking for a long time how to adapt to the new generation of workers. Let’s be honest, millennials get a bad rap. First of all, how can we lump 15…

We provide Boulder and Denver Leadership Development Training. What skills does it take for an executive to lead an organization effectively? While I don’t think there is one answer to that question, the assessment DiSC Work of Leaders is a good start. The DiSC folks have put together a useful assessment that measure multiple key aspects of leadership under the categories of Vision, Alignment and Execution. You may be surprised by your results, I was! Some of the qualities that make me a good entrepreneur, don’t make me a good leader. Read on to find out more. First of all,…

Conflict Management Training in Denver How does your personality style influence how you deal with conflict? In this new training, we combine DiSC personality style preferences with Conflict Management Training in Denver. The DiSC folks have done it again – they recently launched a well-researched program around conflict and the DiSC tool. I am attaching an intro video here. Intro to Conflict Management We get quite a few requests for conflict management training in Denver. What is interesting about this tool is that it is very clear about its focus on self-awareness and self-management. These are the first two pieces of…

Are you one of the 15%? I love learning. Thankfully, as humans, we have the capacity for lifelong learning. Once our bodies are fully grown, we can still grow emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I learned something new recently on NPR. I was listening to an expert in organizational development, who had conducted a study around self-awareness. Of course, my ears perked up, because self-awareness is the first component of emotional intelligence (EQ) and EQ is at the core of being an effective leader. So, here are here shocking findings. First of all, guess how many people THINK they have high…