Carrie Kish

Feedback: Stage by Stage

Learning how to give and receive feedback effectively is imperative for leadership development.  Some people dread it, some people don’t get enough of it.  Some leaders are great at giving feedback and some avoid it…

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Framework for Having Transformational Conversations

Relationships are messy.  Our clients often ask us for help having difficult or courageous conversations.  We challenge them to have transformational conversations instead.  Here are a couple of recent examples: A high performing employee asked…

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Ten Tips for Strengthening Your Virtual Culture

Now that we’re all working from home, we’re seeing a complete erosion of organizational culture.  The problem with culture is that it is a group phenomenon. Social distancing is, by definition, separating individuals from their…

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An Experiment in Virtual Team Building

I had what I thought was a really good, fun idea.  I organized a virtual cooking class for the CultureSync team.  I had multiple agendas—mostly driven by our values.  As with any good team building…

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The Trust Bank: Five Stages of Trust

Leaders need to build their capacity to trust and their ability to inspire trust in others.  There are five stages of trust. Assess yourself and your team and use the tips below to start building…

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