Recent Articles from Mary Kaiser
6 tips for staying connected in today’s remote business environment
How do we find ways to connect with teams and employees as human beings and re-imagine collaboration, communication and connection? We need to be creative and chart out new approaches to everything from onboarding employees to performance reviews and water cooler chats.
Growing and developing mature leaders in today’s workplace
The goal of this work is to help build and hone leadership skills to help individuals grow and organizations to thrive. It helps foster increased peer relationships and engagement, improves culture and helps build confident leaders who can navigate the increasing complexity of leading, especially in today’s environment.
Four leadership development skills to spark real change
Focusing on these four key elements -- style, skills, experience and maturity – can have a significant impact on a leader’s ability to develop, engage and contribute to the creation of a positive and productive workplace while growing other leaders within the organization.
Top seven tips for savvy talent selection
Hiring the wrong candidates for the sake of getting someone in place is not only costly and time-consuming, it sets a negative tone with your existing employees and your overall business. This is especially true for small companies or start-ups with fewer employees where staff additions or replac...
A New Year’s business challenge
On the tennis court, I’m often amazed at how many people play together and don’t really have a sense of their strengths or their mental game and what they need from a partner. And, as I work inside businesses, I’m surprised at how often people are unaware of their strengths and how their energy m...
Put the right person in the right seat
The strengths assessment process is an ideal way to identify each individual’s talents and how to best leverage those talents. This allows for a new teamwork structure that optimizes individual talent, creates efficiencies and increases accountability. Think of it as a SWOT analysis on your most v...