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Why is it that talking about performance can be so difficult?! Many find it grueling because they see it as confrontation (which they inherently don’t enjoy!) and others perhaps because they’re simply not clear on their own expectations. The truth is, this is just as much about them as it is for you. Performance conversations […]

How many times have you heard the complaint that communication is the problem?  Things are miscommunicated, not communicated, communicated just. plain. wrong. It’s a challenge but the reason is actually quite simple. We. Are. All. Different.  Yep. I know, it’s a total shocker. While you get over the shock and awe I’ll ‘splain. See, we […]

    The One Meeting You Aren’t Having with Kat Rippy We’ve noticed there is a meeting that many leaders are not having...the strategy meeting! We’ve also noticed the strategy meeting makes a huge difference in tackling critical roadblocks so work can get done more effectively. The conversations in the strategy meeting are the conversations [...]

Taking time to celebrate achievements, however big or small, is more often than not a missed opportunity. We are so focused on meeting our goals, staying on budget, fulfilling obligations to stakeholders, and juggling the myriad of other priorities that are more crushing in urgency. But the truth is, in order to continue motivating employees […]

    Using Assessments for Forward Momentum with Kat Rippy In this episode we explore three specific types of tools that are used to understand and connect with your organization’s greatest asset – people: employee surveys, self- evaluations, and multi-rater feedback assessments. Check out the episode below: Highlights of this episode include: The reality of [...]

If you’re interested in retaining the star players at your company, you’re going to need a good strategy to fight the constant threat of your competitors enticing them to jump ship. High performers have been found to deliver 400% more productivity than the average performer, and with the labor market being as tight as it […]

  Leveraging the DISC Assessment as a Tool for Improving Communication and Productivity with Bonnie Burn, DISC Certification Provider The DISC Assessment gives us valuable information on how we prefer to communicate and interact with others. It’s a simple, practical and highly accurate tool that measures communication behaviors. It does not measure intelligence, values, or [...]

How many times have you attended a training, a retreat, or a development program where you learned a whole lot, but left feeling like you didn’t know what to apply or what to do next? At Energize Leadership, we are all about blasting past this type of experience. So we’ve dug in on the very […]

  Taking Your Leadership to New Heights by Stepping out of Your Comfort Zone with Kat Rippy Leader friends, I am so excited to talk to you today about something most leaders tend to lean on: comfort zones. It can be easy to stick to what you know, especially as leaders. You know what they say, [...]

Did you know that emotions and empathy go hand in hand?  When a person hears an emotionally engaging story, the body releases the chemical oxytocin which creates empathy in the hearer and serves to strengthen bonds and relationships.  At Energize Leadership, we use this as an unbeatable argument for doing those silly ice breakers at […]