18 Apr Trend Watch: Top 6 Benefits of Train-the-Trainer Programs

Posted at 00:09h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, DiSC, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Team Trust, Train the Trainer, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Maybe you’re already singing the praises of train-the-trainer programs. You already know about the major upside of having internal subject matter experts involved in coaching, leadership development and assessments in your organization. At Powers Resource Center, we’ve been leading train-the-trainer programs (T3) for many years and...

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11 Apr Virtual Training for Virtual Teams

Posted at 02:01h in Coaching, Creativity, DiSC, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

We recently completed a highly successful training program for a well known, global Fortune 200 company. Now, we do a lot of training in person and we love meeting and training teams and leaders face-to-face in their own space. But when you are hired to do leadership training for...

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04 Apr When Bad Teams Happen to Good People

Posted at 00:58h in Coaching, Creativity, DiSC, Leadership, Strategy, Team Retreats, Team Trust, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

No one sets out to have a bad team. So why do so many teams struggle with apathy, trust issues, poor communication and lack of direction? In my 15 years of working with teams, I know that most people are smart and capable, and they genuinely want...

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28 Mar Teamwork Really Does Make the Dream Work

Posted at 01:13h in Coaching, Creativity, DiSC, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Team Trust, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Happy employees are good for business. This is not earth-shattering news, but it bears repeating because so many organizations struggle with how to achieve it. Is it ping pong tables and a fridge full of energy drinks? If only it were that easy. Research shows that happiness at...

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21 Mar Spring Break for your Team! Avoid These 6 Team Retreat Fails

Posted at 12:50h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy, Team Retreats, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Will it be Ft. Lauderdale, South Padre Island or Vail? (Or am I dating myself with those options? ;-) Spring Break is a wonderful tradition that gives students (and families!) a break from the books and take time to recharge. Those benefits also work for work teams. Let...

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06 Mar 7 Habits of Highly Effective Virtual Teams

Posted at 22:38h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, DiSC, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Recognition, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

In the spirit of Covey’s groundbreaking 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, I have a few ideas about highly effective virtual teams. It’s kind of a passion of mine. My research and my book Virtual Teams for Dummies continues to motivate me to spread the...

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20 Feb Put Me in Coach! 7 Things You Need to Know About Executive Coaching

Posted at 16:39h in Coaching, Engagement, Leadership, Mentoring, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

There’s a lot of misinformation out there about executive coaching – what it is, what it can do for you, how much time is involved, etc. Let me first say that I am a huge proponent of executive coaching. There is literally nothing better as a...

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13 Feb The Cost of Caring: How to Avoid Compassion Fatigue at Work

Posted at 21:38h in Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Being an empathetic leader is hard. It’s so much easier to be cynical, narcissistic, self-serving, perpetually blameless and aggressively competitive. We see a lot of that behavior in leadership these days. Of course, those kinds of toxic leaders, create toxic cultures. More than ever, we need...

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06 Feb EQ in an AI World: Why Emotional Intelligence is Critical in the Virtual Workforce

Posted at 21:15h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

The advancements in artificial intelligence are staggering – self-driving cars, digital personal assistants like Siri and Alexa. Heck, IBM’s Watson is solving medical cases that have stumped doctors for years. Looking beyond the sci-fi hype, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what AI means for the...

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31 Jan New Year, New Team: New Year’s Resolutions for Your Team

Posted at 03:10h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Mentoring, Strategy, Team Trust, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s hard to avoid New Year’s Resolutions at this time of year. Whether you believe in the practice of making resolutions or not, the beginning of the year is clearly a great time to work on forming new habits. It’s refreshing to leave...

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