Success

It’s time to rethink what truly makes a leader effective. Recent neuroscience discoveries, like mirror neurons, reveal the surprising ways our intentions and actions are subconsciously mirrored by others. This means every move you make as a leader is reflected back to you by your team. Curious about how this works and what it means for your leadership style? Dive deeper into this post to learn how to cultivate trust and build a more engaged, motivated team.

Written by Tyler Head Yvonne Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, once said, “I wanted to build a company where when I left, my people would know who to call when there was a fire: the fire department.” He spent three months away each year, confident in his team’s ability to handle things.  Culture is the pattern…

The brief summary of this concept is that transactional leaders focus on control and tasks while transformational leaders focus on building capable, competent, fully engaged team members who buy-in to the “why”.

Written by Randy Mayes Popularized by Jim Collins in his book Good to Great, the phrase “Get the right people on the bus, and then get them in the right seats” has become a regular part of our business vernacular. That book was published almost 25 years ago. There were more workers than jobs. Employers…

Written by Randy Mayes Have you ever seen a conflict between two people that was punctuated by the phrase “you said” or “that is not what I said.” I recently witnessed a conversation where one individual abruptly turned to the other and forcefully said “that is not what I said.” Clearly there was a disconnect…

Written by Randy Mayes | DRYVE Leadership Coach Why Trust Is So Important People do what they do for a good reason but remember it is for their reasons and not yours Are You Safe? There is an overwhelming body of scientific evidence pointing to the importance of trust and psychological safety. Interestingly, Google conducted…

Written by Tyler Head | DRYVE Leadership Coach Shaping your Organization Three Questions that Will Shape Your Organization Who are the relevant parties that need to weigh in?What does winning look like?What next steps can we take? These three questions have undoubtedly shaped how we solve problems together. Often, in the dizziness of our day-to-day…

Written by Brandon Welch | Frank & Maven “How to keep employees” It’s a phrase that was searched 1,900% more often in November 2023 versus November 2013.  But you’re not surprised, are you? Neither am I. My conference room has long echoed with the concerns of well-meaning business leaders all wondering, “How do I stop…

Written by Richard Ollis | Ollis, Akers & Arney Transparency is an interesting aspect of business that many use strategically. Being an employee-owned company, we used to think we were transparent by sharing financial information and communicating goals at quarterly meetings. What we now realize is that we weren’t using transparency as an ongoing strategy.…

Vulnerability requires practice. Endurance Training is much less about repetition (doing it exactly the same) and much more about consistently showing up to do it. Vulnerability, much like growing muscles, requires time under tension. Over the past year, I spent 4 hours a week under a bar doing back squats, increasing my overall 3 rep…