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Consensus Decision Making and Teamwork are Not the Same

The Bailey Group was recently hired to help “LevelUP” an Executive Leadership Team. Interviewing team members and the results from the PBC High Performing Teams Assessment (PBC HPTA) showed that the team was performing well, but had two serious issues: · Difficulty...

Leaders (and Citizens): Listen more, Shout less

Curiosity and open-mindedness are signs of humility, another trait of the best leaders I know. Humility requires being an adult…having the capacity to both have an opinion and to recognize others have a right to theirs, even if it different from one’s own.

Why Should Companies Invest in Executive Coaches?

I am often asked “what do executive coaches do?” Instead of trying to tell you what they do, I would rather tell you why companies invest in them. The short answer Executive coaches are most often invited into organizations for two reasons: To accelerate the...

Becoming a Better Leader Requires Rewiring Your Brain

Change requires physically rewiring your brain, creating new synaptic connections where they didn’t exist before. And, because old habits create well-trodden paths in your brain (paths with strong synaptic connections), it requires planning and intentionality to avoid slipping back into old behavior.