Blame culture isn’t inevitable—and it isn’t permanent.
Three Ways to Reduce Blame Culture
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Self-Awareness
Five Minutes of Courage
Muster the courage to face your fears of a tough conversation.
Future-Proofed Leadership
The future of leadership in an AI-obsessed world.
When conversations get emotional
How to prepare for a conversation that might get emotional.
Statute of Limitations
How long is too long to wait to have that tough conversation?
Your Two Cents
According to a study by Marshall Goldsmith, your 2 cents may add about 10% value to another person's idea, but it will erode their commitment to their idea by about 85%. Let that sink in for a minute. As a leader, demonstrating restraint and not always offering up...
I’m a Leader and I’m Exhausted!
Ask ChatGPT why leaders are exhausted and it will spit out a list of 11 reasons in less than 10 seconds. The list includes: -High expectations and pressure -Constant Change -Complex problem-solving -Leadership style and culture -Responsibilities and accountability...
Employee Survey Results Are IN
You just got your employee survey results. You received a lot of really good feedback, and maybe some that caught you by surprise. So, now what? Slingshot25 helps organizations develop in areas that might surface in an employee survey, such as: -Addressing conflict...
Low Team Performance and Morale
Some shocking new research has shown that unhealthy team environments do not just negatively impact performance and morale. It revealed that employees experiencing an unhealthy team environment are 35-55% more likely to be diagnosed with a major physical disease. This...
Who is Courtney Smock?
When you work with Slingshot25's Courtney Smock, you work with a crazy-good-systems-thinker-who's-done-it-all. https://youtu.be/ccv8qyi93eU
Stop Avoiding It
You wake up in the morning and know it’s a day when you have to have a tough conversation. Let’s face it, there are five ga-billion other things you’d rather do. Before you go rescheduling that meeting, here are just a few reasons NOT to avoid it one more day. Team...
Legacy
What do you want people to say about you at your funeral? Before you read any further, stop right now and think of at least one thing you would want people to say about you. Do you have something in mind? Good. If you haven’t thought of something yet, this is your...
Coaching Up
Flowing feedback upward in your organization We are disinclined to bite the hand that feeds us. This basic truth means that most learning which happens as a result of differences of opinion and direct feedback from others will primarily go in a downward direction in...