by Brandi Olson | Dec 4, 2020 | Expansions, Leadership, Outcomes, Planning & Strategy, Responding to Change
What can you control when the future is unpredictable? Welcome to December, where winter has arrived in my part of the far northern hemisphere. It’s impossible to predict exactly when the snow will arrive and how the winter season will settle in, but every single year...
by Brandi Olson | Nov 3, 2020 | Foundations, Leadership, Learning, Outcomes
What Is Your Baton? I love track and field events. I am captivated by the speed, strategy, and in the case of the relay races, by the collaboration required to pass a baton at record speeds. But, watching the 4×400 relay race at the 2016 Olympic Games, I couldn’t...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 28, 2020 | Expansions, Leadership, Outcomes, Planning & Strategy, Prioritization
Servant Leadership In Action: The Language of Outcomes “But really, what does that look like in action?” Joyce, a newly promoted marketing director, posed this question at our very first leadership coaching session. We had been exploring the power of servant...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 13, 2020 | Expansions, Leadership, Learning, Outcomes, Responding to Change, Teams
When It’s A Mindset Change I recently had a very interesting chat with cognitive psychologist Dr. Kimberly Halvorson, CEO of @Brainsatwork. This is Part 2 of that conversation. We ended up talking about how human brains work at their best, and how multitasking makes...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 13, 2020 | Foundations, Leadership, Outcomes, Responding to Change, Teams
What Does It Mean To Be An Agile Organization? A few weeks ago, I got to have a fascinating conversation with cognitive psychologist Dr. Kimberly Halvorson, CEO of @Brainsatwork. With absolutely ZERO jargon, we talked about what it means to be an agile organization...
by Brandi Olson | Sep 30, 2020 | Foundations, Outcomes, Prioritization
Escape The Productivity Trap “We had record breakthroughs in operational efficiency last year, but our client complaints went up.” Margaret, director of client services at a workforce training center, went on to tell me that the chair of the board was thrilled with...
