Gift of Connection
Lately, we have had several people reach out to us interested in custom labeling/branding We! Connect Cards or We! Engage Cards. Folks have wanted to use them as unique, memorable, and meaningful client gifts, employee gifts, and tools to foster a connection culture within their organization. Because of this, we are opening up five spots—this […]
27 Tips to Increase Retention
I just recently participated in one of the most impactful and insight filled exercises of my speaking career. It was an activity that took 3 hours with 12 top notch speakers/facilitators during a weekend retreat. We divided the group in half and created two concentric circles facing each other. The inside circle took on the […]
How to Connect to Content
If you’ve been following Will and me for any length of time, you know that we love this idea of “Connection Before Content.” But what about when you need to “Connect to Content?” You might have a big meeting, an upcoming retreat, or a workshop that requires people to learn something. Where the purpose is […]
How To Give People The Choice To Connect
Hey friend, Will and I have set the intention to get better at unpacking the ideas in our head to share them freely with you. We want to see more meaningful conversations in your world. More engagement in your meetings and gatherings. And more psychological safety across your organizations. Why? Well… We are wired to […]
Higher Education Needs Connection Now More than Ever
The following writeup was inspired by a recent conversation I had with a university client. I’m currently working with her institution through our Relationships through Retention program which is designed to increase student retention by building a culture of connection and support for first and second year students. I’ve changed her name to maintain anonymity. […]
Cadence of Connection
In order to reduce the “time to trust,” I believe that we often need to increase the “cadence of connection.” Below I unpack a bit more on how to make that happen. If you were to chunk out your relationships into moments, into moments of connection, how many moments on a regular basis are you […]
4 Tips to Connect Your Team
Recently, I received the email below from a leader and I thought sharing this along with my response would be useful for others trying to merge two teams and blend two pre-existing groups to form one team. Or one “we.” Hi Chad, Reaching out because I purchased the We! Connect Cards and plan to […]
Conscious Connections with this Great Conference Icebreaker
Below is a transcript of a dialogue that Will and I had with 800 leaders at Conscious Capitalism in Dallas earlier this year. From the very stage pictured above. We are sharing the transcript as well as the full video below in hopes that it gives you access to an awesome icebreaker that goes way, […]
A Journey of Connection
This interview was originally posted in VoyageATL, and I thought it was worth reposting as many people ask me, “how in the world did you get into this work around building trust and connection?” Chad, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today. […]
How to Replace the Dreaded Q&A after the Keynote
Try to remember the last time you attended a Q&A session. I bet it went something like this: somebody got up to the mic, talked about themselves for two minutes, then said “so…what do you think about all that?” It happens at almost every conference or event that we’ve been too. And we speak and […]
