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Features of High Performing Teams (HPTs)
While there's a myriad of general characteristics that surface in high-performing teams, here's some of the more nuanced insights uncovered over 30 years of working with leaders and teams across the globe.
Creating a Common Language for Organizational Success
Traditional personality assessment tools like DISC and Myers-Briggs have long offered insights into behavior. However, the Instinctive Drives system presents a transformative approach in fostering a common organizational language.
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10 Tips for Leaders Navigating the Human Elements of Change
While technology, strategy, and process are often front and center in business transformation, the way in which leadership navigates the human elements of change are what ultimately make or break transformation efforts.
7 Key People Challenges Facing Businesses Today
There's a lot going on for businesses in 2025 and we are highlighting some of the key people challenges that leaders and teams will need to overcome to stay agile, competitive, and innovative as the year progresses.
The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
In this month's Living in Stride and I.D. Masterclass webinars, we explored why feedback - both giving and receiving it - continues to challenge many leaders. Here's the tips we identified to help you develop your skills and integrate a constructive feedback culture within your team.
Why New Teams Default to Mistrust
When new teams form – or the dynamics of existing teams shift with new members - it's very common for people to initially default to suspicion and mistrust, even if on the face of things there's positivity and camaraderie.
Authenticity – The Road to Chaos or Performance?
Sometimes leaders initially express concern that enabling people to be 'true to themselves' and show up authentically sounds like a nice idea, but at what cost? Wouldn't that mean chaos or inaction?
The Secret to Living Life in Stride
Recall a time when you felt your MOST energized, effective, and fulfilled. What was it that made things work for you? These clues point directly to your Instinctive Drives® – the deeper-level motivations that define how you naturally operate.
Empathy: The New Leadership Superpower
As technology and AI transform service delivery, empathetic leadership is emerging as a key differentiator between those who retain followership throughout change, certainty, and upheaval and those who do not.
Features of High Performing Teams (HPTs)
While there's a myriad of general characteristics that surface in high-performing teams, here's some of the more nuanced insights uncovered over 30 years of working with leaders and teams across the globe.
Creating a Common Language for Organizational Success
Traditional personality assessment tools like DISC and Myers-Briggs have long offered insights into behavior. However, the Instinctive Drives system presents a transformative approach in fostering a common organizational language.