Posts by Don Sosnowski
Gear Up for July 2021! WA State Offers You Grant Funding For Employee Training
Breaking News! Now is the time to start planning for your future employee development programming. Funds are becoming available to offset your company training costs through the Job Skills Program (JSP) matching grant. The funds are for companies who need customized training and development for their workers and administered through your local community and technical…
Read MoreInvista Performance Solutions Provides Excellent Teambuilding Services!
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”- Henry Ford Would you like to…. Foster a more collaborative team environment at your organization? Align your team members’ efforts around a common mission or set of goals? See your team members more connected relationally? Strengthen your team’s ability to communicate with…
Read MoreLeadership by the “Book”: The Leadership Challenge Part 4
How Leaders Communicate an Inspirational Vision My all-time favorite book on the topic of leadership is called the Leadership Challenge, written by Kouzes and Posner. Through years of research, they have summarized the key behaviors of leaders into 5 distinct practices (see prior blogs for more background). Kouzes and Posner identified five common concepts in…
Read MoreRemote Employees — One Key to Employee Engagement? FREE Infographic Included!
Please scroll down to see a fascinating infographic that Raj Vardhman from GoRemotely let us use that supports the information in this blog… Businesses have been very focused on the activities and perks available in the workplace to motivate and create job satisfaction. But what if one solution has nothing to do with what happens…
Read MoreLeadership by the “Book”: The Leadership Challenge Part 3
My all-time favorite book on the topic of leadership is called the Leadership Challenge, written by Kouzes and Posner. Through years of research, they have summarized the key behaviors of leaders into 5 distinct practices. Kouzes and Posner identified five common concepts in their survey of leaders internationally, and derived from them these five practices…
Read More“How Not To Sink Your Organization”— by a Submarine Commander
In the video “Greatness” David Marquet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqmdLcyES_Q) shares his experiences as a submarine commander. You won’t get caught up in military speak as he tells his story. It’s very relatable and the hand-drawn graphics are really entertaining. Marquet presents an excellent challenge for leaders everywhere and steps to organizational greatness. He points away from command…
Read MoreBEFORE You Start Training: Apply a Change Management Model
Change happens—the risks are high if we don’t manage it thoughtfully and carefully. There are steps to be followed and if we ignore any of them, at worst, we risk failure; at best, we create unnecessary stress and anxiety for our employees. In my first job as a supervisor, I was directed by my boss…
Read MoreHow To Accelerate Leadership Growth—Double Loop Learning and Vertical Development
Leadership development programming today is largely concerned with the skills of growing leaders. Invista Performance Solutions delivers hundreds of hours of training per year that shape the behaviors and methods of leaders. They learn how to manage performance, solve problems, coach others, handle conflict, provide feedback, delegate, build a team, and many other techniques. …
Read MoreOvercoming Barriers to Effective Listening
I’m going to admit it. I don’t always listen effectively to everyone who speaks to me. There…I feel better! I got it off my chest. Before you judge me too harshly, you should admit that you don’t either. As a spouse, a friend, a parent, a manager, it is difficult to consistently give everyone your…
Read More5 Business Writing Tips to Make Your Brand Shine
Good business writing skills have always been important, but in today’s age of technology, they are even more so. Being able to accurately and succinctly convey what you are trying to say is a critical skill, especially when your audience is busy and has limited time. With endless resources available to us, making a simple…
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