by esquared2019 | Jul 15, 2020 | Business, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Empower Teams, Leadership, Office
As the world begins to slowly reopen, many organizations are choosing to keep their employees at home. Not only do they want to keep everyone safe, but many are also finding that operations can continue and employees can stay productive while being remote. In addition...
by esquared2019 | Jun 12, 2020 | Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Optimize Operations, Team Facilitation, Transformation
From its intellectual roots in the teaching, practice, and vision of Socrates 2,500 years ago, critical thinking is an essential part of life. Critical thinking is the ability to interpret, analyze, evaluate, explain, and find results in uncertain situations. It is...
by esquared2019 | Mar 20, 2020 | Business, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Empower Teams, Leadership
Have you trained continuous improvement (CI) practitioners (i.e., Green/Black Belts, Lean practitioners) to see limited success with improvement project execution? Or are your newly-trained CI practitioners struggling to move forward in their improvement projects?...
by esquared2019 | Jan 29, 2020 | Business, Continuous Improvement, Empower Teams, Leadership
When I think of storytelling, I think of autobiographies and biographies that tell a life story. However, over the past few years, I learned that storytelling has a broader purpose in transformation efforts and is a critical component of process improvement work....
by esquared2019 | Jan 8, 2020 | Business, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Team Facilitation, Transformation
Happy New ’Year in Review’ for Your Organization’s Performance Improvement Efforts 2020 is here, and we hope it’s a wonderful year for all our customers, partners, colleagues and friends! I hope everyone took some time to wind down, enjoy time with family, and...
by esquared2019 | Dec 11, 2019 | Business, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Transformation
As a follow up to “What Makes an Effective Coach,” I will build on the tips presented in the previous blog to create a more consistent coaching style. Initially, I approached coaching relationships with no formal method or technique, other than to be a good listener...