The main reason managers don’t succeed is because they were never trained to manage successfully! 🙂 In our experience of building thousands of great managers, we have also discovered that the nuances of this “training” have evolved over the years.

“The head, heart, muscles and feet all need to be in alignment for one to move!” Words that are just as true in an organization, where this “alignment” is often provided by the values that organization lives by. These values

“Power isn’t given to you, you have to take it.” We don’t lose power in school – girls are often outpacing boys. We don’t lose power when we start working – men and women enter the workforce at almost a

“For as long as humans have formed tribes, it has been important to bond those tribes” For many first time managers, this sudden shift to being a people manager may be disorienting. Ingraining the “tribe” philosophy of creating bonds, establishing

From telling to commanding to facilitating and partnering – many managers aren’t even aware of the paradox of Managing vs. Coaching!  Today’s managers need to be called on to do more than just assign tasks & manage resources. Managers need