Learn How to Partner with Your Team
November 19, 2022
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Why to learn to partner with your team… In 1995 when I was CEO of Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the height of our
Annie Hyman Pratt
Annie Hyman Pratt
Systems & Processes
Systems and processes are tedious for some and an intriguing pursuit for others. I’m sure you know which category you fall into! Either way, people run the systems and processes; they stand still without human beings. It is uncomfortable to admit it, but In business, some things took me 10 years to learn! I’ve been …...
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Are you curious about how to give compassion in your workplace? Compassionate leadership improves performance and relieves pressures in ways that may surprise you. Let’s define compassion: it is sympathetic consciousness, an awareness and empathy toward someone else's state of mind or distress regarding a situation or another person(s). Compassion is a desire to openly …...
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HEY, BUSINESS LEADER, WHICH ARE YOU? DO YOU GIVE CONTROL OR TAKE CONTROL? To empower leadership, successful business leaders must learn to be okay with less control, but at the same time that does not mean people who work for them do whatever they want. Leaders learn to let go, as teams are trained and ready …...
Read MoreInterrupt Your Emotional Reactions: Pause…
One of my very favorite authors, Viktor Frankl said: Between stimulus (trigger) and response there is a space. In that space is where we have the power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. This quote means everything in business leadership. The space between stimulus and our response is …...
Read MorePROTECT Your Confidence to MAINTAIN Team Confidence
“Protect Your Confidence” is a phrase that is a familiar one to most entrepreneurs. It comes as no surprise that to succeed in business entrepreneurs must show up in a good, confident place. They must be ready to engage with intentional choices and behaviors like: critical thinking and the ability to assess risks, weigh options, …...
Read MoreLeading Through Crazy Business Cycles
Business cycles can be crazy-making for you and your team. The good news is you can confidently find your way through all of them with a clear perspective and a unified team. You can lead through crazy business cycles! Yes, I hear you! It is challenging. But none of us get to control the external …...
Read MoreWhy Innovation is Important for Business Success
With the complexity and uncertainty of business today, it is important that you encourage and develop the important “leadership attribute of innovation” in all levels of your team. Innovation is Important for Business Success!Many businesses talk about innovation, but only a few truly embrace it. Are you embracing the uncharted path of success that calls …...
Read MoreLearn How to Partner with Your Team
Why to learn to partner with your team… In 1995 when I was CEO of Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the height of our rapid expansion, I was in the middle of scrambling to remodel stores, open a new store every month, while simultaneously attempting to resolve our staffing and efficiency issues! It was …...
Read MoreHow to Navigate the Unknown in Challenging Times
In our current economic climate, it can be difficult to determine what to do next when the market doesn’t feel as predictable as it may have in the past. That is totally normal—there are so many unknowns and variables that many of the businesses we work with have never experienced before. How do we navigate …...
Read MoreIs it Time to Change Your Approach?
In today's business climate, I find myself asking, “Is it time to change your approach?” Entrepreneurial CEOs are used to jumping in and rolling up their sleeves to keep things moving forward to get results. That is why I am sure you won’t be surprised to hear that I recently worked with a client who, …...
Read MoreLeveling Up As You Move Forward
As you move forward on your journey from A to V, the range of what I call “acceptable behaviors” narrows. The whole team’s performance needs to improve, to become more masterful and professional, from the CEO to the leaders to the individual contributors. Leveling up as you move forward is imperative. Business & Sports Because …...
Read MoreHow to Define Company Goals
When I ask leaders and their teams about their main obstacles to performance and what prevents them from achieving results, the number one answer—by far—is “Not having clear goals.” They say things like: “I don’t really know what we’re doing,” or “I don’t understand the bigger picture here,” or “We keep changing our plans, and …...
Read MoreExpanding The Zone of Emotional Endurance
As human beings we don’t have control of what happens, but we (almost) always have a choice in how we respond. As a leader, making choices from Self-Leadership ensures that you can navigate challenges and find the best way forward. It also enables you to create psychological safety and build secure working relationships. However, it …...
Read MoreThe Habitual Behaviors that Make Up Culture
Self-Leadership and secure relationships, the Business Operating Triangle, role clarity and agreements—comes into play when we’re talking about the way a team interacts and the habits that make up culture and the fabric of each day’s work. Many of the best practices that make up an effective culture are combinations of multiple behaviors that we …...
Read MoreRecognizing When You Are in Self-Protection
Self-Leadership is about showing up as your best self and making decisions from this place versus reacting in self-protective behavior! As a leader you must learn to recognize when you are in self-protection. You may or may not think about behavior as you work, but I suggest that self-protective behaviors are universal to humans, so …...
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