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Simple Coaching Components Improve Durability of Profession Development Training in Organizations
Recent research indicates that training alone may not create the broad-based and sustainable change and development organizations are seeking. In response to this data, many
Circle Center Facilitator Selected as National Lead Instructor with Interise and SBA
The Circle Center is proud to acknowledge Leigh Ann Roberts, Circle facilitator and VP of the Circle Center, for being selected as the first Lead
Honoring Administrative Professionals- Tomorrow and Every Day!
Tomorrow is Administrative Professionals Day- are you prepared? Honoring the people who make our organizations really work and succeed is a critical leadership activity. Regardless
Area Nonprofit Executive Dazzles at Tedx Nashville- Derri Smith @ End Slavery Tennessee
Derri Smith, Executive Director of End Slavery Tennessee and alumnus of the Circle Center’s Executive Peer Circle Program with the Baptist Healing Trust was honored
Remember, listen before you lead.
Our success today as leaders requires that we listen and remember that listening to the viewpoints of our teams is what leads to actual success.
Gender Equality and Your Organizational Culture…
One of the largest employment jury verdicts in U.S. history was recently awarded against Memphis headquartered AutoZone, Inc. The jury awarded Rosario Juarez $185 million
Mindfulness at Work- CEO musings from a near death experience.
The New York Times published an article this week about Aetna’s CEO and his efforts to incorporate mindfulness personally, professionally and, now, organizationally following a
Modern reflections on George Leonard’s timeless book Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
In the 1992 book Mastery, George Leonard reflects on how we as individuals and professionals learn and gain competency in various skills. Some of us
Discovering the cost of conflict…
Recent studies show that managers and business leaders spend as much as 50% of their time dealing with conflict and interpersonal issues, especially during times
To share or not to share, is that the question?
Vulnerability and authenticity are two of the biggest leadership buzz words today. But how do you know how to share or how much? Were you
Practice?!?
Many a sports fan will smile when I reference the passionate philosopher Allen Iverson and his 2002 monologue regarding “Practice.” Whether you agree Professor Iverson
Wo-mentoring program improvements required.
Almost 80% of Fortune 500 Companies have mentoring programs. Benefits to mentees, mentors and organizations are well researched and documented for all to see. Yet,
Developing Creative Discontent- What kind of leader are you during these times of amazing change?
Harvard Business Review Bloggers Vijay Govindarajan and Jatin Desai insist these radical times require radical leadership qualities to keep an organization’s “innovation pipeline full.” This
Not so strategic planning…
Strategic planning can be both powerfully good and powerfully bad for an organization. Done well, a strategic plan can increase profitability and help organizations and
Is the Force strong in your organization?
Doing a QiGong exercise with a group of executives today before an Executive Peer Circle, I began to contemplate the concept of Chi (or Qi,
Listen before you lead.
Our success today as leaders requires that we listen and remember that listening to the viewpoints of our teams is what leads to actual success.
We have to be even smarter when it comes to late night smart phone usage.
Most people has seen the data that using our smart phones (or other devices such as laptops, television, etc.) make it harder to fall asleep
Time to get your alignment checked.
With the first quarter almost in our rear-view mirror, what’s working and what needs tweaking? Where are you and your organization with the goals or
