by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts
Most people complain about attending Team meetings! Yet, what if I tell you that leading meetings is the most important function that Leaders can do to get Team results? If you want your Team Members to be motivated and productive, then lead your meetings with sage...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts
I am curious to learn how you have been progressing with your mindfulness practice. Are you taking PQ rep breaks during the day? Or has it fallen off your radar? This message showing up in your inbox today is NOT intended to trigger self judgement. A daily...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts
You are ready! You prepared the agenda, complete with ‘reasonable’ time frames for each topic and sent it out 3 days prior. You integrated feedback about the agenda from Team Members and shuffled the order of items to allow for people to attend and leave according to...
by The Nelson Team | May 25, 2025 | Article Posts
Many people say they hate meetings for a variety of reasons. Here are a few reasons I have collected over the years. Meetings: are too long, are boring and tedious to sit through, the agenda is irrelevant to my job, discussion is frustrating and divisive, there is a...
by The Nelson Team | May 24, 2025 | Article Posts
“This is not a good time.” I hear this often from leaders! There are many compelling reasons to postpone, to which I reply: You: Me: I am in the middle of a big project; I can’t take on anything else until it is completed. When you have completed that project, will...
by The Nelson Team | May 24, 2025 | Article Posts
Have you ever been deep into a conversation, feeling defensive and searching for ways to make your point clearer and more forceful? Judith Glaser, founder of the CreatingWe Institute, calls these Level 2 conversations. You want to convince others or advocate for your...
by The Nelson Team | May 24, 2025 | Article Posts
The burden of leading a Team of people whether you are new in your position or been leading for years. Handling the ups and downs of people’s moods and outputs, their questions and inconsistencies and sometimes their outright defiance or disrespectful...
by The Nelson Team | May 24, 2025 | Article Posts
Do you imagine sitting in a tipi with a peace pipe and a smoky fire pit? I am not surprised if you find these words unrelatable. I am putting my own spin on the concept of ‘sage conversations’. Let me explain what it means to me! Sage Conversations leave you feeling...
by The Nelson Team | May 24, 2025 | Article Posts
Managing Up! Are you in a sticky position? Are you defending your Team while trying to gain the confidence of your Leader? You may be feeling as if you are caught in the middle between competing needs of your Team and demands of your Leader. Mid-level Managers are...
by The Nelson Team | May 24, 2025 | Article Posts
Keeping calm and focused on the issue when a conversation becomes heated is a key skill for all Leaders to master. Easy to say, not so easy to achieve. Even though I am typically calm and patient, I have been know to ‘lose it’. I regret not...
