by Lauren Grimshaw | Oct 7, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Personal Development, Psychological Safety, Reading, Teaming
So you’re leading a team and you want to work better together…who wouldn’t? Well, there’s one thing that underpins every successful team – no matter who or where they are – and it’s essential if you want to work better, faster and stronger. ...
by Lauren Grimshaw | Mar 25, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Remote Work, Teaming
As a leader or manager, how do you keep the ‘pulse’ of your team in a virtual environment when you’re used to working in an office? It’s our role as leaders and managers to bring out the best in our teams so they can get things done. As a manager, some of...
by Lauren Grimshaw | Mar 19, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Remote Work, Teaming
Are you new to leading a team that’s working from home? Most managers don’t realize there are actually TWO learning curves when it comes to working from home (WFH) as part of a remote or distributed team. The first learning curve is obvious. As an...
by Valerie Rivera | Aug 18, 2019 | Culture
If someone asked you to describe your top five strengths, would you be able to do it? For the longest time, I couldn’t – at least not coherently! It wasn’t until I took Gallup’s CliftonStrengths assessment tool back in 2011 that I had the vocabulary to articulate my...
by Valerie Rivera | Aug 13, 2019 | Culture, Stanford, Teaming
A few months ago, my Stanford classmate Aly El Badry reached out to ask about the work I do shaping workplace culture. He is the CEO of a medical technology startup called CloudCath, based in San Francisco. Though his team is relatively small with only 8 full-time...
by Valerie Rivera | Jun 24, 2019 | Culture
After a long winter in Omaha, I’ve been trying to soak up as much of the outdoors as possible. Unexpectedly, I’ve become OBSESSED with gardening. (I think it has something to do with the fact that for the past 10 years, I’ve lived in places where seasons really aren’t...
