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In these dynamic and stressful times, leaders need every edge they can get to grow themselves, their leadership and their organizations. And while Amazon has 217,139 resources under “leadership”, somehow leadership development remains as challenging as ever. So where can we find a program that is as powerful, impactful and challenging as the times…and personally…

December of 2016 saw the arrival of the first ever Pacific Women’s Sports Leadership Program, held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The event was designed for women involved in sports as administrators, managers, volunteers, employees, or board members. The event was planned and held to empower and enable those women through providing practical tools…

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We’re hearing more and more about including love in the way we lead. This may seem like a new topic in relationship to work, but we believe it is imperative. It’s an approach rooted in the deepest human needs of every person within our organizations. When we can understand the needs our team members have…

Be Seen, Be Heard

February 24th, 2017 by Ann Shannon

Shining a light … becoming visible in the modern workplace One of the consequences that I see of inequality is that people don’t often feel heard or visible. They feel unable or unwilling to voice their ideas, thoughts or concerns. Over the years, I have seen women’s roles in business change, but I still see…

5 Ways to Cause Inspiration

February 23rd, 2017 by Jim Motroni

There’s a lot of talk these days about how leaders need to be able to inspire their teams. Too much of this talk revolves around “cheerleading” people and doing things that, for many of us, aren’t natural and feel forced. To our teams, these forced actions seem odd and manipulative. If you and your teams…

I was reading a Forbes article this morning about teams. Luis Romero was reflecting on the five stages of teams which are highlighted in The Wisdom of Teams (by Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith). The fifth or highest level is the “Extraordinary Team” which achieves “extraordinary results at increase frequency”. Romero comments that the journey to this…