Leadership
Risk It | Engage & Understand Your People
By Tyler Head Maybe it’s worth risking it all. Learning how to lead and serve your people requires much effort; more listening and less talking. More talking with and less talking at. To do so, we must understand our people. We must learn the language of our team; their wants, needs, pain points, how they…
Read MoreBe A Fearless Leader
Historically, one of the main tools leaders have used is fear. The boss is someone to be feared. Most employees don’t want to make the boss mad, get in trouble, or worse yet, get fired. Fear can produce results fast but at what cost? When humans experience a threat or fear response, the blood flow…
Read MoreLeading Your Team | Moving From Confusion to Clarity
If you are reading this, it’s because you desire to lead your people better in some form or fashion. Good job! We owe it to the people nearest us and ourselves to lead better, even if it’s a little bit—every day counts. I would challenge you, upon reading our insights, to take 3-5 minutes following…
Read MoreLet’s Shake Hands with Our Technology
By Tyler Head We, as leaders, must develop and empower our people to utilize current technology and artificial intelligence. Not the other way around. Knowing the value and differences between people and technology is imperative. Let’s be honest, although only having compliant robots would be “easier,” the long-term effect would eliminate your organization’s most beautiful,…
Read MoreOld School Leadership Model | On the Brink of Extinction
By Tyler Head A couple of days back, during a meeting with a client, we discussed a significant difference in leadership styles that are often overlooked but knocking on your front door. Allow me to set the scene. “Leader A” knows the way, as does “Leader B.” Both of these individuals oversee ten or more…
Read MoreThe Gift of Showing Up Fully
By Tyler Head A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting at the dinner table with my wife and much of our family we had not seen in a while. As the rest of the family conversed, my mind drifted off to something that had happened during work earlier that day. From there, it progressed…
Read MoreJump On the Seesaw – Lead With Trust
Believing in your team and practicing trust will change your organizational culture. What you believe about your team and your ability to communicate that, as the leader, plays a vital role in the growth and direction of your organization. It serves both you and your team to express your beliefs often and clearly—specifically the positive.…
Read MoreTools to Change the Way You Lead – Listen Intently & Question Intuitively
As we learn how to lead others better, we must realize that often this starts with leading ourselves better. To listen intently and question intuitively could be two of the most pivotal changes you make in your approach to leading and being with your people in the workplace. How often do we lead meetings where…
Read MoreWhy Your Power Button Doesn’t Work…
From your millennial staff: Dear Old School Leader, We are not impressed by how powerful you are, how much time you’ve put in, and the “do as I say, not as I do” way of leadership. We are impressed by your honesty, vulnerability, and candid ability to lead with head and heart. We are significantly…
Read MoreHelp Wanted vs. Team Members Wanted
Help Wanted vs. Team Members Wanted Hiring and Retaining Quality Employees in the Fast-Paced Marketplace By Tyler Head From time immortal, leaders have hung out “help wanted” signs. Come help me build my empire. I need someone to do the grunt work that I am unwilling to do, and I will trade you dollars for…
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