Your team can only access their brightest ideas and deliver their best work when operating in a healthy climate.

In this third video in the series, I explore the importance of status: the first component of the SCARF model.

I believe the most important job of a leader is creating a healthy work environment that brings out the best in your team.

What if, instead of ensuring we look good and feel valued, we focused on making others look good and feel valued?

In a difficult situation or relationship, draw a circle around yourself and work on everything inside that circle.

Our ability to effectively communicate and truly connect with colleagues improves when considering their preferred style, not just our own.

If you want others to give you honest, actionable insights, then you need to change the way you ask for it.

Giving meaningful positive feedback boosts employee engagement and performance.

Here are a few small tweaks you can make to your group brainstorming process that will get you better results and ensure everyone is engaged.

We have a tendency to overshare the details of our efforts in hopes of receiving more recognition and empathy, but often the reverse happens.

Instead of eagerly sharing your insights and feedback, focus on asking thoughtful questions that create space for your employees to identify their own reflections and insights.

Research shows that we perform better—with more confidence and competence—after pausing to reflect and learn from past experience.