This week on the podcast, Sara discusses Strength Based Assessments. This is an assessment tool that measures what a person is already doing well. Keeping in mind their unique strengths and capacities. The idea is to use these benefits of what people already do well to be able to enable them to do more. Not only as individuals but as a part of teams.
Read MoreIn this special consultant episode of the podcast, Sara brings on Kristen, founder of KM Career Coaching and Consulting. Listen to their conversation surrounding the potential impact of career coaching across the spectrum of employment. They discuss some misconceptions and benefits to career coaching. The unique opportunity of having a coaching experience helps professionals move forward no matter where they are in their careers.
Read MoreThis week, Sara shares a business bite with us on Emotional Intelligence Assessments. A unique component that demonstrates how well an individual regulates emotions effectively. She shares the depths of Self Assessments, 180 Assessments and the 360 Degree Assessments. These can effectively develop tools to improve competency overtime.
Read MoreThis week Sara shares a decision making tool called, Fist to Five. This technique is a way to get consensus or quickly gain feedback from others in a meeting or a group setting. Using hands and fingers to show a level of agreement or disagreement to a statement. This is easy to implement, while giving the opportunity for clarity on what needs to be resolved.
Read MoreThis week Sara welcomes Amanda, she’s an executive director of an LGBT chamber of commerce. They talk about being open to a conversation of feedback that comes with uncertainty. Debriefing, decompressing and thinking of the language around getting to what needs to be said. How can we approach feedback? What skills are put into place to reach that space of meaningful feedback?
Read MoreThis week Sara brings on Adrianne who is an Associate Dean of Equity and Belonging. They talk about resonating feedback with a cord that already exists within yourself. Rather critical or encouraging feedback, it’s like putting a mirror right in front of you and having those “aha!” moments.
Read MoreThis week Sara talks about Rational Detachment, a clinical term, but one she uses often when talking about de-escalating situations or trying to stay calm. Using this skill helps to separate our emotions from an event. She talks about the ability to use this in a leadership context.
Read MoreThis week Sara brings on Rene, Founder of a product innovation firm with extensive training and experience in industrial design. They discuss the joys and challenges of giving and receiving feedback. It can be challenging not to look at feedback with an anxious eye. It’s important to have context and do the information gathering to make feedback impactful.
Read MoreThis week Sara brings on Rachel, Managing Director of a consulting firm and CEO of a retail fashion brand. They talk about how sometimes it can be really exciting to receive feedback! Depending on the person who has prepared to share feedback with us, the experience can be an opportunity for transformation. Rather than being conflict avoidant, being open to feedback with excitement grants permission to learn from your mistakes.
Read MoreIn this new episode Sara is joined by Anna, program manager at Case Western Reserve University. She shares her change in perspective on feedback, based on her experiences. Her once immediate reaction to “bad news” turned to expanded understanding around feedback. Resulting in a flow of not only being the giver of feedback, but an open receiver.
Read MoreThis week on the podcast, Sara brings on Isaac, a public health leader focused on DEI integration. They discuss the importance of practicing how to give feedback. It’s challenging to be aware of other’s needs, demonstrate empathy, and integrate trauma-informed care into the feedback process.
Read MoreEvery conversation is an opportunity for action oriented feedback. Today we’re joined by T and we hear about how he links conversations and action planning for results. This way relationships are constantly trying to help each other and raise each other up. No one likes to hear negative feedback but improvement comes when meaningful feedback is given with an opportunity for action.
Read MoreIn this episode we bring on higher education consultant Julie whose take on feedback is, “absolutely yes please!” Hear how feedback is not a bad thing, rather, it means someone is invested in you and wants to see you grow and develop. When feedback is given in a timely nature from a space of kindness and support, it can be a great learning experience.
Read MoreA Growth Mindset allows us to see challenges as an opportunity to develop further. Dr. Carol Dweck developed the growth and fixed mindset framework. A growth mindset is the idea that intelligence can be developed and is something that you don’t know yet. This difference in framing can have a powerful impact on success.
Read MoreSMART Goals is a helpful guide to goal setting with clear objectives. This method encourages businesses to plan for the future for the likelihood of achieving success. Developed in 1981, SMART is an acronym that corresponds with the following: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time Bound. These five criteria provide organizations starting or growing their business, a framework to measure goals.
Read MoreAppreciative Inquiry encourages us to think about the positive and what is working right. This approach, better known as AI, was first founded in the 80’s. This begins with us starting from a positive core and understanding the best outcome for a situation. The 4 different parts that make up this ideal around appreciative inquiry are discovery, dream, design and destiny. When we tie these together it helps us do more and is a key to success.
Read MoreThis week we are talking about the GROW Model which is a tool used for goal setting and problem solving. The acronym GROW, representing each different component, stands for Goal, Reality, Options and Will. This four-step model is one way that leaders can be able to address situations in their personal or professional lives.
This week we are talking about After Action Review. We can use this as a tool to analyze situations when they have already occurred and conduct a structured review or a debrief of that situation. In facilitating this method, there are a series of 6 types of questions that should be asked during an After Action Review.
Read MoreWelcome to Business Bites! This week I will be discussing the concept Project Pre-Mortem. You may be familiar with the term of a postmortem, which typically refers to reviewing something after the fact, whether it's a project, a task, or some other thing that's been completed. And typically, what's done is we discuss the achievements, the failures, and the opportunities with those that are involved.
Read MoreWelcome to Business Bites! This week I will be discussing the term Emotional Intelligence. Think about your ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions. Daniel Goleman's familiar model categorizes this into four different quadrants. The model then breaks down further, all of which can be learned and developed.
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