Best Way To Start A Team Meeting
Sheryl Sandberg, the former COO of Facebook (now Meta), once walked into a board meeting and said, “Hey, everybody, this meeting is really expensive, let’s get started.” It’s a powerful reminder that time is precious, and meetings should reflect that. In my opinion, the best way to start a team meeting is to walk in […]
3 Team Productivity Activities That Can Have a BIG IMPACT
Let’s get into it. Today, I want to share with you three super simple, clever, and useful group exercises that I think you’ll really love. These exercises are perfect for workshops or team-building sessions focused on time management and task prioritization. I came up with these exercises when I received an email from Natalie, who […]
Impact of We! Connect Card Conversations
This is really, really fun. Last week, I asked a few hundred people, “Approximately, how many unique conversations have been started using your “We! Connect Cards?” THEN… I asked…asked #ChatGPT to summarize their responses to the following question in a TL;DR bulletted list: “What specific impact or outcomes have resulted from those conversations?” And here is what […]
7 Things That Awesome Remote Teams Do That You Probably Don’t
Hey there, awesome leaders and educators! I’ve got a treat for you—a super-charged video packed with tips to really help boost your remote team’s connection and productivity! But first, let me share a sneak peek of two worthy takeaways from this week’s video: If you carve out a couple minutes to watch this week’s video, you […]
Need To Boost Morale On Your Team? | Try THIS!
Your team might be running on fumes, but you can help them pick back up! It’s been a jam-packed couple of years. We’re all tired, we’re worn out, and most of us feel like we’re still having too many meetings. (Psst… check out last week’s video to help make turn mundane meetings into memorable meetings.) Today’s video is focused on boosting […]
How To Improve Remote Communication Asynchronously
It was 66° and sunny yesterday where I live in Pittsburgh, PA. And after a long winter, the last place I wanted to be was on Zoom—even though I like thinking about How to Make Virtual Engagement Easy quite a bit. Pandemic or no pandemic, the world will always work and communicate remotely. We know […]
3 Group Activities To Keep Virtual Fresh
At this point, we’re all (perhaps a bit too) familiar with virtual meetings. Your team is quite possibly burned out by them. They might even feel like they’re going to pull their hair out if they get. One. More. Calendar. Invite! But you can hit “refresh” on all the hum drum norms of virtual meetings—hybrid […]
How To “Manage Up”?
Vacuums come with a user guide, but why don’t people? “How do I manage up?” is one of the most frequent questions I hear from people. In other words, “how can I lead when I’m not in a position of leadership?” Everyone knows that they need to “manage up”, but very few people are sure […]
How to Make Virtual Engagement Easy 📘 Launch
New Book Launches Today! See the inside and watch my (raw and a bit vulnerable) video preview of the book right here or… If you’re a leader, facilitator, or educator looking for a practical how-to guide to help you: Finally run a virtual meeting that encourages participation and engagement, not furtive phone-scrolling Develop and lead a […]
How Do You Deal With A Difficult Employee
This week’s video is about how to turn difference into connection. The whole world was not meant to click – sometimes you’re going to have to work with someone that for whatever reason, you just clash with. When faced with a difficult employee, especially when it’s a situation where we’ve reached the end of our rope, our […]
