Positive leadership: using positivity to improve the health & happiness of your team

Happiness creates space for creativity, productivity, and innovation at work. Creating happier work environments is a goal that leaders should spend more time trying to craft, now more than ever. One way that Leaders can elevate the happiness quotient in their teams is by being more positive and more mindful about delivering praise. This cultivates …

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Growing pains: moving beyond contributing individually.

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When I coach new organizational leaders, one common growing pain that I hear again and again is: “I find it hard to let go. It’s hard for me to move away from the day to day and learn how to deliver results through others.” It’s one thing to be a rock star individual contributor with …

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Leadership Foundations: EQ, IQ, and you.

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What is emotional intelligence and why does it matter to workplace performance? Considering “thriving employees are twice as likely to work for an organization that effectively balances EQ and IQ” – it’s important you know. This‌ ‌year,‌ ‌Mercer‌ ‌reported‌ ‌that‌ ‌“thriving‌ ‌employees‌ ‌are‌ ‌twice‌ ‌as‌ ‌likely‌ ‌to‌ ‌work‌ ‌for‌ ‌an‌ ‌organization‌ ‌that‌ ‌effectively‌ ‌balances‌ ‌EQ‌ …

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Forbes: Why Leaders Need To Explore New Ways Of Working

Articles & Media / By Shelisa

By: Benjamin Laker Many businesses were entirely unprepared for the change that would hit them with the arrival of a global pandemic. They were totally blindsided – their organizational structure, team dynamics, leadership practices, and more were challenged with the new constraints that have come with prioritizing their employees’ health. Shelisa Bainbridge, Leadership Coach, believes …

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The many advantages of Power of One.

Articles & Media / By Shelisa

An all too common theme within a work environment is the mounds of work that people have on their plates at any given time. If this is something that you are experiencing, you’re not alone! This is a systemic issue that spans industries around the globe. In this article, I’ll break down: The effects of …

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Breaking down difficult conversations: giving constructive feedback

Blog / By Shelisa

One of the toughest things that I’ve personally seen leaders (myself included) struggle with at the start of their leadership journey, is having difficult conversations with the people they work with. It’s uncomfortable, often times getting pushed aside or avoided as much as possible, because it’s built up as being an overall unpleasant experience. I …

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As seen in Thrive Global: Encouraging Autonomy.

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Encouraging autonomy. Giving your team the chance to think independently, and trusting that they have the knowledge, experience, and desire to contribute meaningfully, is crucial to the development of a healthy, nimble, and forward-thinking business. For example: before a leader rushes to offer direction, they should sit back and allow their team members the opportunity …

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Shelisa Bainbridge: Five Things Business Leaders Can Do To Create A Fantastic Work Culture

Articles & Media / By Shelisa

Encouraging autonomy. Giving your team the chance to think independently, and trusting that they have the knowledge, experience and desire to contribute meaningfully, is crucial to the development of a healthy, nimble and forward-thinking business. For example: before a leader rushes to offer direction, they should sit back and allow their team members the opportunity …

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Make change easier by breaking it down…or SHRINKING it!

Blog / By Shelisa

For most people, change sucks. Not for everyone though. Much of this depends on how you look at change and working toward changing your perspective. As a leader, you know better than probably anyone else that change in an organization is very difficult. It’s difficult to change what you’re accustomed to doing and start something …

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12 Stories From Leaders: Their Mistakes and Lessons Learned

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By Olga Rogacka 16 min read Aug 27, 2020 We’ve asked managers from various industries about their biggest mistakes and challenges as leaders and what lessons they’ve learned over the years. What connects all these managers is that most of them had wrong assumptions about what their job would look like or how many different …

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