With the hustle and bustle of your daily routine, it’s easy to forget that a lot of people contribute to making those results happen every day. More than ever, it’s important for your team to understand their role in providing those results. They need to feel like they’re contributing in a meaningful way each and…
Category: Culture
Let’s Get Vulnerable
How Being Comfortable With Weaknesses Builds Functional Leadership Teams “What was your most embarrassing moment in life?” “What did you want to be when you grow up and why?” These seem like unlikely questions to hear at a leadership meeting. But they might be the just the type of questions you want to ask…
Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars – Mavidea bookshelf
I’m a sucker for a fable. I attest this to the fact that my dad, a preacher with a strong streak of Southern in him, told stories all my life. Patrick Lencioni, author of Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars, weaves modern fables to distill his business principles for success. He has a series of books…
Trust Begins with Leadership
The Necessity of Creating a Great Culture from the Top Down We’ve been in high gear, here at Mavidea, planning for an event that happened on June 26. It was co-branded with Shoop Training and Consulting on the topic, Connection, Conflict and Culture. I led the culture discussion. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about…
The Culture Club Conversation
How Mavidea’s Culture Club Keeps the Life at Mavidea Buzzing. When Mavidea was founded, there was no Culture Club. The group started as our company began to grow. Our CEO, Erik Barnlund, and Marketing Manager, Kim James, envisioned it as a way for employees to help shape the future of Mavidea. Each of our departments…
