Who Owns Your Conference Throughline?
Every year, we support conferences, sometimes helping with a few keynotes and sometimes supporting the entire three-day production. Regardless of our role, our first step is to ask for the messaging document. But we rarely get …
2025 Priority: The Leadership Team
It’s time to plan for the year ahead, leadership and L&D teams are outlining their plans against business priorities and focus. Since we work across a broad spectrum of clients, we can be an indicator of …
The Evolution of People Leaders: What They See & What They Miss
Our interest in people leaders and managers continues. So much so that it was our introductory topic for a recent Chief Learning Officer conference in Boston. As we opened the discussion, we wanted to know if …
When the Company Story Becomes a Financial One
When a company is up for sale, three key players take center stage: the current investor, the banker and the top executives. And while the PE firms and the bankers know their roles well, the company …
The Language of Business
Do you speak the language of business? If you’re in a corporate function, there’s an easy way to tell. As a finance manager, are you the last person included in discussions of an upcoming initiative? As …
How Do You Learn to Manage People?
We’ve taken an interest in people managers since the beginning of the pandemic. Because as we supported different experiences across companies, we quickly saw the pressure point was people managers. And we wrote and coached about …
LIGHTS! CAMERA!…and LOW ENERGY?
Why is it that the best communicators fall flat when put in a studio to produce a video? The seasoned communicators who’ve tried it will tell you it’s because it’s too scripted. They prefer a more …
The Art of Answering Questions
When we work with individuals or teams to prepare for important presentations, our debrief always includes interest in the questions asked throughout the presentation. And the response is varied. Some presenters say they received no questions, …
Your Time vs Their Time – The Mystique of Promotions
It’s January 23… and you’ve wrapped up one year and launched headfirst into another one. And buried within the holidays and celebrations is an end-of-the-year touchpoint. In that touchpoint discussion, managers will give feedback, a compensation …
