Resolutions are out, intentions are in. Every year during this final week of December, I spend time reflecting on the year that’s ending and take stock. I then settle into a comfortable and quiet spot with a hot café au lait drizzled with honey and cinnamon, and I write my…
pLink Leadership is now certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the U.S. By including women-owned businesses among their suppliers, corporations and government agencies demonstrate their commitment to fostering…
Imagine a workplace where people talk to each other (vs. about each other), hold space for empathy, take full accountability for their mis-steps, and make generous assumptions about people. This is what happens when leaders become more daring. Over the last three years, our team has coached 1,700+ leaders to…
Appreciation is the least expensive retention tool at a leader’s disposal. It may surprise you that 79% of employees will quit their jobs due to a lack of appreciation from their leaders. It is our experience, after speaking with thousands of leaders, that employees want to do a good job…
When leaders create a space for people to feel like they can be their most authentic selves, it allows those people to focus their attention on innovation, solving adaptive challenges, and building relationships with colleagues.
Every year, we talk to hundreds of participants in our programs and in our coaching practices that want to know how to become a better leader. Our answer is the same – “Work on the 3 C’s of Leadership: competence, character, and consciousness.”
