05 Dec Virtual Team Holiday Party Ideas!

Posted at 01:58h in Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Recognition, Strategy, Team Trust, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Just because you lead – or work on – a virtual team, it doesn’t mean you can’t have some social time with your colleagues. With the holidays coming, most teams who share office space are busy planning happy hours or dinner parties. Teams who connect...

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29 Nov How Companies Give Back – A Few Thoughts on Corporate Giving

Posted at 14:05h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Leadership, Recognition, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Holidays are coming – you probably don’t need me to remind you of that! Everywhere you go people are preparing for the season of giving. And all of that generosity includes charitable giving. As individuals, we give to charities with causes we care deeply about. As...

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24 Nov Why Empathy in Leadership Matters

Posted at 15:58h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Recognition, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

I’ve been hearing a lot about the importance of empathy in leadership lately. Perhaps because so much of our current political and business landscape is populated by the polar opposite –people who are narcissistic, self-serving, perpetually blameless and power-hungry. I firmly believe – and this is...

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01 Nov Top 10 Ways to Handle Difficult Conversations

Posted at 23:16h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Very few people enjoy confrontation of any kind. Most people do anything they can to avoid it. The fallout from conversations gone wrong is not pretty – trust and intimacy suffer, while resentment and misunderstanding build. But it is possible to improve the way we handle...

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18 Oct 5 Traits of Successful Teams, per Google

Posted at 13:30h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Leadership, News, Strategy, Team Trust by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Last week Inc. magazine released an article summarizing the research findings of Google about the best traits for teams. If you read this blog, then you know that this is a subject near and dear to my heart! You can read the full article here,...

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11 Oct Found the Right Candidate? Ask These 8 Interview Questions First

Posted at 14:31h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Your job description is specific and clear. You involved all the relevant staff and managers in the selection process. You screened out unqualified candidates. You completed dozens of interviews. You asked excellent interview questions. Sure, you have a gut feeling, but guts have been known to...

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04 Oct Are You Even Listening to Me? How to Be a Better Listener

Posted at 13:40h in Coaching, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

You can blame smart phones, social media, the internet, TV or every technology ever invented in the last 100 years. Or you can blame our high-speed, high-stress world where manic multitasking is the norm. Whatever is at fault, the result is the same –- these...

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14 Sep The True Cost of a Bad Hire

Posted at 01:14h in Coaching, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Quick question: How much does your organization spend to recruit, interview and on-board new employees? How much do you think it costs when a hiring mistake is made? If you think the front-end expenses are high, consider the massive cost over time of a bad hire. HR...

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08 Sep Back to School – What do you need to learn?

Posted at 01:31h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

The leaves are nowhere near falling, but all over the country kids are slowly coming to terms with heading back to school. Well, at least mine are. Pretty sure it was shopping for school supplies that brought it home for them. All kidding aside, this is...

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31 Aug What Do the Eclipse and Leadership Have in Common? A Lot.

Posted at 16:13h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

OK, I admit it – I was completely caught up in ‘Eclipse-mania’ last week. I am proud to say that my family and I were among the thousands who packed up the car and road-tripped to a zone of eclipse totality, in our case it was...

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