Ahhh…Yes! The Sound of Team Alignment
What is the sound ot team alignment? This fascinates me. One of the thrills of my work is to hear the shift from discord to alignment. An aligned team hums with a varied pitch, much like the steady easy sound of a stream. When resistance comes up it is more easily...Spiral Question
How well do you receive appreciation? A client recently mentioned to me that nobody appreciated all that he did. Then, I was in a situation with him and a co-worker in which the co-worker went on and on about how much he appreciated all my client did. My client sat...
Ahh-Yes! A high performer or a blocker?
Invaluable, excellent at his craft, likable, fantastic with customers – the team leans on him. Yet is he a high performer? Or, is he a ‘blocker’? When a ‘blocker’ leaves an organization the initial response is often ‘oh no’ because on the surface they seem...Spiral Daily
How much water do you drink in a day? Did you know as little as 3% dehydration can decrease 10% of your muscle strength and 8% of its speed? Often when you feel hungry you are actually thirsty. Chronic dehydration also impacts organ health and skin wrinkles! Drink...
Is your team a bramble or a…?
Teams are like a woods. A healthy woods (team) has a variety of species who grow in their strength; the environment encourages their growth and contribution. Even in the winter, as I clear the entanglement of honeysuckle from my woods, I see such parallels to the...
Karen Valencic
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