One of my roles as an executive coach is to help people become very clear about what it means...
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Creating a Culture of Accountability
Karen Colligan, Accountability, Leadership, Performance, Teams, Uncategorized, leadership, 0As I work with leaders in different organizations, I’m hearing a common frustration: “there’s no sense of accountability.” When...
What I’ve Learned by Listening to My Clients
Karen Colligan, Communication, Relationships, success, communication, leadership, people, 3This year I will celebrate PeopleThink’s 16th year in business. I like to think we’ve beat the odds, considering...
Are You Really Listening?
Karen Colligan, Communication, Learning, Life, communication, leadership, 0According to an Impraise survey, managers are 55% LESS interested than their employees are in improving their own listening...
Each Work Style Brings Value to the Team
Karen Colligan, Communication, Diversity, Teams, Uncategorized, leadership, personality types, team diversity, 0We all tend to gravitate toward people who are like us. This is true in our friendships, our relationships...
Retention Begins at Hiring – 5 Tips for Doing it Right
Karen Colligan, Communication, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, People, communication, leadership, people, 0I’ve worked with several organizations recently who were preparing for major hiring efforts in anticipation of launching a new...
5 Best Practices for Giving Effective Feedback
Karen Colligan, Communication, Engagement, Leadership, Performance, leadership, people, 0An essential part of your role as a leader is to develop your employees, both by coaching to their...
What is Your Leadership Mantra?
Karen Colligan, Leadership, Learning, Personalities, Professional and team leadership, leadership, personality types, 0One of the activities I often incorporate into the Leadership Workshops I facilitate is having each participant develop their...
Adapting Your Extraversion to the Introverts on Your Team
Karen Colligan, Communication, Diversity, Leadership, People, leadership, personality types, 0More than one-third of the world’s population are introverts, according to Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of...
Lessons from Improv: “And” not “But”
Karen Colligan, Communication, Leadership, Life, Professional development, communication, leadership, 0One of the things I do in my business (and love to do) is speak to all sizes and...
Working Effectively on a Multi-Generational (Diverse!) Team
Karen Colligan, Diversity, Multi-generational workforce, leadership, team diversity, 0Most workplaces today are a mix of three distinct generations – Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation X (born 1965-1979)...
Let’s Talk about Organizational Health
Karen Colligan, Engagement, Leadership, Life, Organizational health, People, Teams, Work-life balance, employee satisfaction, leadership, people, 0Personal health is a hot topic these days, with myriad applications and devices to record our steps, our calories,...