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Leaders Celebrate Constraints

November 23, 2016 by Alan Feirer

When I was a band teacher, we experienced a staff cut. In 10 years, the department went from 7 teachers serving about 500 students to 5 teachers serving 600. The superintended gave us that left-handed compliment that’s supposed to reassure … Read More… Read More

Modeling Behavior | Stretching and Growing

Leaders Practice Adaptation

November 2, 2016 by Alan Feirer

Leaders and experts speak highly of the ability to adapt; people who can adapt to changing situations have a growth mindset, rather than a fixed mindset, and can stay nimble in volatile times of change or uncertainty. Sometimes, though, the … Read More… Read More

Communication | Integrity | Stretching and Growing

DiSC in Action – C Behaviors During Conflict

October 5, 2016 by Alan Feirer

In earlier posts, we’ve looked at the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and we’ve looked at DiSC. Please look back for a refresher if you need one. Most teams struggle with the “Trust” and “Conflict” behaviors, and this series of … Read More… Read More

Communication | Integrity | Stretching and Growing

DiSC in Action – S Behaviors During Conflict

September 28, 2016 by Alan Feirer

Communication | Integrity | Stretching and Growing

DiSC in Action – D Behaviors During Conflict

September 14, 2016 by Alan Feirer

Stretching and Growing | Uncategorized | Vision

Leaders Listen to their Team Members

September 7, 2016 by Alan Feirer

Originally, this blog was going to be about goal-setting. I spent some real time on it. Then, when Ashleigh went to proofread, revise, and schedule it, her reaction was to send me this email: This post is very, very similar to “Leaders … Read More… Read More

Integrity | Organizational Improvement | Stretching and Growing

Leaders and The Ideal Team Player

August 31, 2016 by Alan Feirer

Patrick Lencioni has done it again. His latest book, The Ideal Team Player, is brief and brilliant. In this fable, followed by a model outline, Lencioni shares a hiring secret of his own company, The Table Group, and shows us … Read More… Read More

Integrity | Servant leadership | Stretching and Growing

Leaders Understand the Psychology of Change

August 24, 2016 by Alan Feirer

Change is inevitable, and so there are many resources to help organizations deal with change. The John Kotter works (Our Iceberg is Melting) are very popular, and for good reason. You’ve heard of Who Moved my Cheese? as well, certainly. … Read More… Read More

Communication | Stretching and Growing

Beware of Being “Violently Polite”

July 27, 2016 by Alan Feirer

A colleague recently shared a success story with me. She said, “We’ve finally addressed the problem we had with people being ‘violently polite’. Once we put this label on the passive-aggressive talk, and the avoidance of speaking up, we started to … Read More… Read More

Communication | Organizational Improvement | Stretching and Growing

Healthy Conflict Leads to Commitment

June 29, 2016 by Alan Feirer

Are individual team members slow to execute tasks which they may not be in agreement with? Does the team lack passion for their goals? If so, there may be an issue with commitment. In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team … Read More… Read More