Upcoming Sessions

From Data to Decisions

Stop making stupid decisions with crappy data!

Leading Change w/o Losing Your Team

The year is over, WTF now!?

Energy Management: Leading When You're Tired, Frustrated, or Burned Out

• Recognizing when your energy is affecting your leadership
• Managing Reactions, attitude and emotional spillover
• Creating routines that protect energy and leadership effectiveness

From a Group of People to an Actual Team

• Don't be a group of people that share space, be a group of people that performance like a team. 2 + 2 = (more than 4)

Turning a Group of Employees Into a Team

• Building trust, alignment and shared expectations
• Creating team ownership instead of individual-only thinking
• Breaking down silos and improving collaboration

Coach, Move, or Remove: Making the Call

• Learn how we evaluate problems and when to cut problems loose

Performance Problems: Coach Them, Move Them, or Remove Them

• Identifying the real cause of performance problems
• Knowing when to coach, retrain, or change responsibilities
• Making tough people decisions fairly and consistently

Bouncing Back From a Bad Week

• Mistakes are a learning opportunity, not a prison sentence

The Manager Reset: Recovering From Mistakes, Bad Weeks, and Bad Decisions

• Owning mistakes without losing credibility
• Resetting priorities after a difficult period
• Rebuilding confidence and momentum with the team

Recognition That Isn't Empty Praise

• Everyone needs recognition, learn how to do it well

Recognition That Actually Means Something

• Understanding what meaningful recognition looks like
• Recognizing effort, improvement, and results appropriately
• Making recognition specific, timely and genuine

Escaping the Firefighting Cycle

• Don't be the team that ignores fire prevention and focuses on rewarding firefighting

Work ON the Business, Not Just IN It

• Moving beyond daily firefighting
• Creating time for improvement, planning and people development
• Identifying recurring problems that need permanent solutions

What People Say About You When You're Not in the Room

• Credibility is when your words and actions match consistently

Your Reputation Is Your Leadership Brand

• Understanding what your daily behavior communicates
• Building credibility through consistency and follow-through
• Managing the gap b/w how you intend to lead and how others experience you

Holding the Line Without Losing the Room

• Understand the difference b/w holding the standard and being too rigid

Accountability Without Being an A**hole

• Setting clear expectations before holding people accountable
• Addressing missed commitments directly and professionally
• Creating accountability without damaging trust or respect

Making It Safe to Speak Up (Without Lowering Standards)

• People won't agree with you all the time, learn how to manage expectations in difficult conversations

Psychological Safety Without Lowering the Bar

• Creating an environment where people can speak up
• Encouraging questions, concerns, and honest feedback
• Maintaining high standard while allowing people to learn from their mistakes

Staying Steady When Everything Isn't

• People will reflect your energy, give them calm and focused leadership

Managing Your Emotions Under Pressure

Turning Disagreement Into Better Decisions

• Better decisions come from healthy discussion

Conflict Without Chaos

Getting Out of Your Own Head: Building Repeatable Processes

• Systems beat humans 100% of the time. Build systems that work

Build the Machine: Creating Processes That Don't Depend on You

The Decision You Keep Putting Off

• Decisions don't get easier (or better) with time.