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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...
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...
Smart Leaders Do This
Have you hit a learning plateau? Have you even noticed? Don’t duck under your desk—it’s ok. It tends to happen to all of us once we get to a certain point in our leadership roles. But while It’s ok, you should try to push past it. Hitting that learning plateau can...
These 3 Questions Spark Action
Have you been around kids recently? How many questions did you answer during that time? 300? 400? 1,000? Now think about your own (presumably adult) self. How many questions do you ask in a day? Probably not as many. Maybe a cool dozen. And how many of those questions...
This Meeting Should Have Been An Email
Look around at your next meeting. Who’s truly engaged? How many people are subtly checking their email, scrolling through social media, or maybe even trying to sneak-watch the latest episode of Ted Lasso? Now try to add up all the productivity and salary dollars that...
How To Stop Polarizing
One of the smartest people I know, Matt Church, said this to me once, and frankly, it stopped me in my tracks. Third option? What third option? What did this mean, and how was I supposed to use this idea to stretch my comfort zone and find the middle? Right now, we’re...
2 Words To Foster Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential ingredients for creating a high-performing culture of connection, belonging, and trust. But ... very tangibly ... how do we do it? To answer that, I'm bringing in the one and only, Meg Bolger, co-founder of the Safe Zone...
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...
Connection Toolkit Coaching Clinic
I just facilitated an informal "Coaching Clinic" session with 10 amazing leaders based in Taiwan. After the session, I asked the group how they felt about handing off the recording of our conversation to my editing team to make a video with some of the golden nuggets....
How To Give And Receive Feedback At Work
Studies have shown that people prefer hearing corrective criticism over straight positive criticism. However, they’ve also shown that we don’t like giving feedback at all, whether constructive or positive. And because of that, we put it off. We have a tendency to only...
How To Empower Employees To Improve Performance
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” This quote from Aristotle was the inspiration for the title of a project Google embarked on a few years ago to answer the question – “What makes a team effective?” And while Google was specifically looking at their own...
How To Connect With Anyone In 60 Seconds
Time is precious. And limited. So how can we connect quickly—but meaningfully—with our coworkers, clients, students, friends, or even family? Promising this in 60 seconds sounds like a bold claim. But it's true. You'll love the story about "the Yankees guy" I share in...
Co-Facilitation Best Practices
Leading or facilitating a group alongside someone else can present its challenges. In this article, I will delve into some invaluable lessons I've learned from co-facilitating over 500 dialogues during my time at World in Conversation and various other collaborative...
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...
How To Keep Yourself Motivated To Achieve Your Goals
I believe the 3 personal stories I share in this video offer a transformative perspective shift in how to keep yourself motivated to achieve your goals. Got a few minutes for that? For those of you who read my note last week, you know that Will Wise, my co-founder,...
How To Never Run Out Of Things To Say
Have you ever found yourself twiddling your thumbs, unsure of what to say next in a conversation? Or perhaps you've experienced that awkward moment when a discussion reaches a natural end, leaving you with nothing more to contribute but silence. Don't worry; you're...
How To Make A PowerPoint Presentation Interactive
How to Make Your PowerPoint Presentation More Interactive Hey there, it's Chad Littlefield, and in this video, I'm going to share some techniques to make your PowerPoint presentations more interactive. I hope to kill the phrase "death by PowerPoint" by sharing some...
One Thing To Connect Everyone #TeamSeas
Did you know that I got engaged 💍 underwater—almost 10 years ago now? This story is related to something I believe the whole world can agree on and connect over. Watch this video to see actual footage of the underwater proposal and hear about a special...