Psychology Safety Part II – Growth Mindsets
A growth mindset is defined as a set of beliefs and attitudes that encourage people to seek out challenges and find the lesson to learn within each failed attempt. Leveraging a growth mindset is critical for setting the foundation of Psychological Safety, especially during a global pandemic. As organizations continue to navigate changes in their…
Leadership. What exactly is it?
Leadership is defined as the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal. In a business setting, this can mean directing workers and colleagues with a strategy to meet the company’s vision or mission. What Is Leadership? Leadership captures the essentials of being able and prepared to inspire others.…
Psychological Safety in the Workplace – Part 1
When we investigate what motivates us; we often uncover that we do things for two reasons – to receive pleasure or avoid pain. In a professional setting, these categories cover a wide scope of meaning. For pleasure, you may seek to receive praise, obtain a financial reward, or a promotion. As for pain, you may…
Low EQ Leaders & their Impact on Teams
At Transformative Visions, we have always been fascinated with emotional intelligence, in fact, we find it to be more important than IQ, especially if you want leaders to be authentic. We look for high EQ in our personal, as well as our professional relationships, as we know the impact of leading through empathy. Low EQ…
Stakeholder Management
What is Stakeholder Management Stakeholder management is a critical component to the successful delivery of any project, program or activity. A stakeholder is any individual, group or organization that can affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a program. Stakeholder engagement and stakeholder management are arguably the most important ingredients for…
Onboarding – How to Create a Stunning Experience
Unless your new hire is a current employee who transitioned into a new position or someone converting from a consultant role; they’re likely feeling uncertain about most aspects of their role and the organization. Therefore, creating an effective onboarding is critical, especially now in the virtual world we live in. Onboarding should be the easiest…
Unconscious Bias in Hiring
Many companies discuss diversity and inclusion as being key tenets of their values; however, they often don’t know where to begin. We suggest starting with the idea that an organization’s inclusion initiatives must be the focus first as when people can see themselves within the employee base, they will consider joining your organization, which then…
Taking Action on Feedback
Congratulations. You stepped in and asked your Team for feedback. Now that this is sorted, what are you going to do with all the information that was shared? As you consider this, let’s look back and summarize a few reasons why Leaders may not ask their Team for feedback. Do some or all of these…