Entries by melissadawn

Effective Team Collaboration – Cultivating High-Performance Teamwork

Effective Team Collaboration – Cultivating High-Performance Teamwork Let me ask you… how would you describe a high-performance culture or team? Better yet, how would you go about creating one? And, if you’ve followed all the usual best practices out there, but feel your team still isn’t reaching its fullest potential, what else is possible? A […]

Preparing for an Executive Level Interview

When it comes to interviewing for high level roles such as executive, VP, c-level and other higher up roles, the interview process is often quite different. With these roles, there is typically a higher level of responsibility, a greater need for interpersonal skills, higher stakes in making the “wrong hire”, and so on. To prepare […]

The “Right” Leadership Mix to Transform Organizations

Let me ask you… What vision do you hold for your organization? To make that vision reality, will your organization or team need to undergo a transformation? If so, is your current leadership style and/or leadership mix set up to inspire and drive that transformation? So many companies, leaders and leadership teams want to create […]

7 Best Practices for Terminating Employees with Empathy, Dignity and Compassion

7 Best Practices for Terminating Employees with Empathy, Dignity and Compassion Let me ask you… How do you feel when someone is being phony or inauthentic with you? What about when they try to downplay bad news? Letting an employee go is never easy, for either side, but the discomfort can be compounded when the […]