Kirstin Lynde, Author at Catalyze Associates

Suspect Your New Hire Won’t Make It? 4 Mistakes to Avoid

Think termination is the only way out? Think again. Leverage the fact that your struggling employee may well be as frustrated as you. Four coaching tips which increase the odds of turning around your new employee’s performance – and reduce the chance of unpleasant departures or post-termination legal risks.

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Nice Boss, Tough Boss: A Fairy Tale

Fairy tale mindsets create a powerful lens through which we view leadership. Do you let them affect how you act as a leader? If so, you may live LESS happily-ever-after.

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Why do many leadership development programs fail?

Why are leadership development announcements frequently met with rolled eyes and furtive sidelong glances, rather than enthusiasm? It doesn’t have to be that way.

in Leadership Training, People 101 Blog tagged 360 feedback, behavior change, leadership development, listening skills, McKinsey, neuroscience, Pierre Gurdjian, Tara Swart, training metrics , Comments: 0

What Motivates Jane? (a.k.a. The Telepathy Game)

Each day well-meaning managers across Corporate America play The Telepathy Game. In the absence of hard data on what motivates Jane — and with no ability to crawl inside her heart and mind to find out first-hand — a manager often defaults to ineffective and expensive guesswork. How can you find out what REALLY matters to Jane?

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At the Intersection of Food, Influence, and Leadership

You need someone’s help. You may or may not be his boss. He’s known you for 6 minutes. He is very busy, and offering free food isn’t an option. Now what?

in Authenticity, Behavior Change, Boston Beer Company, Catalyze Associates, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Jim Koch, Kirstin Lynde, Leadership development, Leadership Tips, Leadership Training, Linda Hill, Michael Pollan, Motivation, People 101 Blog, Relationships, Trust, Work Prioritization tagged behavior change, Catalyze Associates, coaching, communication, Engagement, gratitude, Humility, Kirstin Lynde, leadership, leadership development, leadership styles, leadership tips, motivation, relationship building, relationships, Simplicity, time management, trust , Comments: 0

Do You Bring Enough of Yourself to Work?

Don’t airbrush vulnerability, emotions, eccentricities, a life history, and imperfections out of YOUR leadership style. Here’s why.

in Authenticity, Behavior Change, Bill George, Catalyze Associates, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, David Pottruck, Discover Your True North, Feedback, Kirstin Lynde, Leadership development, Leadership Tips, Leadership Training, People 101 Blog, Relationships, Starbucks, The Fonz, Trust, Uncategorized tagged 360 feedback, behavior change, Candor, Catalyze Associates, coaching, communication, feedback, Kirstin Lynde, leadership, leadership development, leadership tips, relationship building, relationships, trust , Comments: 1

The Dark Side of Collaboration, And How to Fight Back

In many companies, employees spend 80% of their time in meetings or answering colleagues’ requests. How to fight back?

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Developing Leaders: Lessons from One of the Most Impressive Behavior Change Efforts Ever

What can a (stunning) program to feed starving children possibly teach us about developing stronger leaders? Meet the Elephant, whose neglect often foils leader behavior change initiatives.