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Leadership

The Confused Leader’s Map

Navigating Frustration with Younger Employees Goal: Help experienced leaders clarify expectations, emotion, and strategy when communication breaks down. “

Team Appreciation Profile Chart

Take a second and think about your team!!!

Leadership Deep Dive: Power Dynamics Within Your Team

To help leaders identify how each person on their team responds to different types of power — and how to use that awareness to lead more effectively, equitably, and intentionally.

Case Study: “The Power Play Problem”

When power is used to control, people comply. When power is used to empower, people commit.

The Abilene Audit: A Team Exercise on Groupthink

To help teams recognize when they’re starting to drift toward groupthink or conformity — and identify how to encourage honest, productive disagreement before it’s too late.

Team Power Map: Understanding How Influence Works in Our Team

To help teams recognize the different types of power that exist among members — not just by title, but by trust, knowledge, relationships, and access.

Printable: Meeting Prep Checklist (One-Pager)

Get ready for your next meeting! 

Perspective Awareness Worksheet for Leaders & Managers

Use this worksheet to reflect deeply on the life experiences that shape your worldview.

Copy of 2024 Interview Questions

Soft-skill interview questions

Team Member Feedback Preferences Worksheet

Use this worksheet to better understand how each member of your team prefers to give and receive feedback.

Self-Monitoring Awareness Handout

This self-evaluation worksheet is designed to help leaders reflect on their ability to monitor, adapt, and respond to

others in different contexts.

Focus Group Questions

Get the most from your groups! 

The Meeting Autopsy (Facilitator Guide + Worksheet)

Turn “that could’ve been an email” into a reusable lesson.

Article 1: “Tell Yourself the Truth: Why Most Leaders Mishandle Conflict”

Let’s be honest — most leaders hate conflict.

Team Exercise Idea for growing Team Appreciation

In a team workshop, create a shared “Appreciation Wall” or chart.

Power Reflections — Learning from Past Leaders

To help leaders analyze how other people’s use of power shaped their own experiences — for better or worse — and build empathy for how their communication lands with others.

Feedback Tips for Managers

Common sense isn’t common – Every person brings unique experiences that shape how they receive feedback.

Build Your Belonging Blueprint

Help leaders intentionally design belonging and standards simultaneously — not one at the cost of the other.

Team Appreciation Mapping Worksheet

To help leaders intentionally identify how each team member feels seen, valued, and motivated.

Making Peace with Deadlines & Time Management

Avoiding or skirting deadlines feels safe, but it tends to leave you less organized, more stressed, and less in control of your time.

Career Path & Skill Development Worksheet

Oh, the places you'll go!

The Art of Appreciation: How Great Leaders Build Teams That Stay

Behind every high-performing team is something deeper than skill or structure — it’s appreciation.

Team Feedback Tool: “How Does My Leadership Feel Nonverbally?”

Give employees a safe, constructive way to share how they experience your nonverbal communication.

Team Development At a Glance Worksheet

Understanding the Forming → Storming → Norming → Performing Process

Power in Practice — Leader Self-Evaluation

To help leaders identify which types of power they naturally use most often, how those powers show up in communication, and where they might need to rebalance influence.

Body Clock Awareness

Understanding whether you are a Sparrow (morning person), an Owl (evening person), or a Sprowl (midday energy) can help leaders time important meetings and conversations more effectively.

Appreciation Discovery Worksheet

Helping Your Leader Understand How You Feel Most Valued

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