Updates

We’ve talked about and worked on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within organizations for years. These programs focus on hiring more women, diversifying boards, tracking who gets stretch assignments and advancement opportunities, and creating sponsorship/mentorship programs to level the playing field and create new pathways for those who have been underrepresented.

DEI has been in the news lately. A question I read recently was: “Is DEI here to make people feel bad about themselves?”

[Read more…] about Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter

Using the Hogan to understand how your style affects your team

 

Self-awareness about your style, values, preferences, and stress behaviors helps you make better choices about how to lead. In two recent blogs, Capacity Group shared how we use The Hogan Suite of Assessments to help teams connect, build trust, and accelerate performance. In this blog, we want to emphasize how these sessions generate important insights for the leader. I’ll share two examples that highlight powerful shifts leaders made as a result of investing in this work.

[Read more…] about Unintended Consequences of Your Leadership Style

What images come to mind when you hear the words “team building?”  Are you thinking about ice-breaker exercises or mandatory social events that are meant to promote team bonding? While those experiences can be great morale boosters, they often don’t delve beneath the surface to understand the dynamics within a team, which is critical to growth and performance.

At Capacity Group, we use the Hogan suite of leadership assessments to get at the heart of what makes a team tick and to give team members the insights and tools to work together more effectively. Here are just three scenarios where we have used Hogan assessments to successfully address team challenges:

[Read more…] about Beyond Breaking the Ice: Fostering Meaningful Team Development with Hogan Assessment Tools

Looking for a way to jump-start your team working better together? Capacity Group has been doing this with teams for nearly 20 years.

Whether it’s a newly established team, one formed during Covid-19, one working remotely, a growing team, or a team struggling to work together productively, each can benefit from exploring the values and personality traits of its team members. This results in better communication and ability to perform. [Read more…] about How Learning Styles Promote Better Teaming

Whether it is a new team, an existing team experiencing a change in structure, strategy, or context, or a team not working at its potential, investing energy to build trust, clarity, and align intent will accelerate team performance.

[Read more…] about Accelerating Team Performance: What’s the health of your top team?

Our last post discussed the energy drain and crisis many of us are experiencing, having survived the pandemic, and living in unstable times. In it, we talk about a few keys to energy, such as:

• How social connection is fundamental to our well-being
• The importance of tracking and noticing your energy
• The idea that leaders have a responsibility to be in good condition to lead, which includes ensuring we have good levels of energy and resilience

In this post, we share tips for refilling your tank so you can have the energy to lead your team and organization into the future. Taking care of yourself will help you be more caring towards others in your life, both at work and at home. In today’s dynamic and ambiguous environment, it is critical that leaders must have compassion!

[Read more…] about How to Regain Our Energy