All tagged VP leadership strategies

3 Steps to Mitigate Misery: Micromanagers and Mediocre Teams

My client received an incomplete email about a time-sensitive project from one of her direct reports. Her response requesting the missing information was met with a terse and defensive reply. 

Moments like these have her feeling tension behind her eyes and wondering: 

  • Why is my team so mediocre? 

  • Is it me? Am I doing something wrong? 

  • Can I keep growing my career if I struggle with people like this?

How to Lead a Successful Team Retreat: A 4-Step Guide for VPs

“I’m the worst at doing the ‘warm and fuzzy’ things. I’d much rather go straight to business,” my client said. As a forward-thinking VP leading a talented team of consultants, she’s determined to solidify her team’s reputation as essential to her firm’s success. With her first in-person team retreat on the horizon, we developed a four-step plan to help her achieve this…