I recently delivered a program as part of a leadership development initiative for doctors and faculty at Stanford University Medicine. The topic was o...
Are You Paying Attention?
Attention is caring – it requires suspending our focus on ourselves and placing our awareness on the “other.” Indian philosopher, Krishnamurti w...
Leading with T.R.U.S.T.
by Gerri Vereen Trust is like the air we breathe. When it’s present, nobody really notices. But when it’s absent, everybody notices. –Warre...
Are Your 5 Conversational Blind Spots Costing Your Company Big Bucks?
by Gerri Vereen Have you ever left a meeting thinking everyone was on the same page and then later discovered there was complete disagreement on next ...
3 Steps for Better Team Engagement (and Better Vacations!)
by Gerri Vereen Are you afraid your team will implode if you go on vacation? Have you ever planned a vacation and then became so stressed out about le...
Complaints? Hire a Third Party
Guest post by Terin Barbas Cremer, Esq. Workplace complaints happen every day – whether it’s sexual harassment or unequal pay or creating a h...
Reward and Recognition
In our work and research over the years, Key Associates has developed some best practices for designing and implementing reward and recognition (R&...
Talk to Me: How to conduct an informal 360
As the year winds down, it’s important to review how you are doing in relation to goals you have set, professionally and personally. A great way to ...
Freedom of Speech at Work?
Despite what you may have read in the news lately in stories surrounding the election or NFL player protests, the First Amendment does not provide a p...
Peer Power
I recall a time when a CEO in one of the peer forums I facilitated was presenting a business issue and projected flat growth over the upcoming year. H...
Act First, Don’t Overthink
Women are less confident than men and have a tendency to second guess themselves more often. In their book, The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Ka...