5 Solutions for When Your Team Has NO Energy (and Therefore No Productivity)
You look around the room and nobody is sitting up straight. Half your team is staring at their phones, the other half is joking with each other about how tired, stressed, or “done” they are. What happened to your hard-hitting, kick-butt team? Hint: They are human. Which means that sometimes, the energy is going to sink […]
7 Little Tricks to Build Better Connections With Your Team During Conversation
In every team I have been in, the number one thing that sets a good team apart from a bad one is their level of communication. I’m not talking about keeping in touch with your team members about your projects. I’m talking about whether or not you feel a connection with your team at the […]
[Video] The Fast Forward Mindset – Accelerating Team Success
Sound effects, Sarah Mclachlan, and the Fast Forward Mindset. What do they all have in common? This episode of the Swift Kickin’ It Show. This episode of SKTV is for team leaders want to get their team on the fast, but effective, track to success. We chat with Lawline’s CEO, David Schnurman, about his Fast […]
4 Ways to Integrate Lessons Learned at a Conference
Have you ever gone to a conference, learned all the things and gone back to your team, ready to implement every last morsel of information? How did they respond? Probably with a face that would make you think lobsters are trying to escape from your head. Rather than trying to turn your team upside down with changes and “improvements,” […]
[Video] Team Creativity: Unlocking Your Team’s Creative Genius
“I made an Elsa cake. There’s no need for that.” -Marisol Bazile Is there anything more creative than making an Elsa birthday cake? Nope, there isn’t. Which is why the Swift Kickin’ It Show brought Marisol on for Episode Two to chat about unlocking team creativity. This episode of SKTV is for team leaders who […]
[Video] How to Recover From a Team Hangover and Bring the Energy Back
At long last! The first episode of our long awaited Swift Kickin’ It Show is here! This month’s topic is “How to Recover from a Team Hangover.” But before we get into that, here’s a little background of what the show, also known as #SKTV, is all about. Lead facilitators Tom and Melissa, along with […]
Why We Had a Time Machine at Our Last Team Retreat
As you know by now, when Melissa and I plan a retreat, things can get a little weird. We started 2018 no differently, and this time the weirdness included a Back To The Future theme and our very own time machine. Yes, I said time machine. Here’s why a time traveling theme was the perfect […]
Bu-Bye 2017 Hu-Low 2018: An Inside Look at the Future of Swift Kick
After 96 programs, 230,000 miles, and countless hugs given, the Swift Kick team is calling it a wrap on 2017. In 2004, I started Swift Kick with the goal of making it a world-class leadership training company. Nothing about the past 13 years has been smooth sailing. But 2017 was our best year ever – […]
Why Your New Year’s Resolution Will Fail Without “Ego Minimization”
Pretend for a moment you promised your 5-year-old niece that you’d bring your famous peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies to the holiday party on Saturday. But you get home from work, and you’re exhausted. Do you hunker down and do it anyway? Of course, you do! You can’t disappoint, those big brown eyes and that […]
At Least I Was Heard: 4 Steps to Using Active Listening During Difficult Conversations
I really didn’t know if they were going to hug each other or punch each other. A couple months ago, I was asked to help mediate a difficult conversation between two team leaders. The two had tried to resolve their differences on their own, but it was clear it was time for a mediator to […]