Team Alignment Posts

Goodbyes are never easy!

One of the challenges I face as a coach is that there always comes a time for goodbyes. While the national averages are that coaching engagements normally last 6-18 months, many of my clients tend to last 2 years... Read More »

Your members are seeking an experience of community!

Something that is becoming abundantly clear to me is that we as humans have been designed to operate in community. Whether it be at work, home, or play, deep within, we’re all seeking a sense of belonging to a... Read More »

Are your players in the wrong positions on the team?

One the things that seems so intuitive; yet, is commonly seen in working with teams is that we have players in the wrong positions. What seems to be a pretty basic topic tends to show up more frequently than... Read More »

Chris, if I hire you, am I hiring a leadership coach or a pastor!

One of the things it doesn’t take long to figure out in business is that we want to compartmentalize what people “do”. Back in my younger years, I was fortunate to have the company I was working define my... Read More »

Warning!!! There will be “storming”!

In some of our recent posts, we’ve been discussing the theme of getting “authentic” feedback from your teams. As we’ve discussed, our approach creates a new level of transparency in your organization. However, we do want to offer a... Read More »

You Can’t Help People Who Don’t Want to be Helped!

As a follow up to our Leader Intervention and Authentic Feedback blog post, we wanted to offer some additional thoughts. While it ties to leaders in business, this topic really applies to people in general. Simply stated, “you can’t... Read More »

You really should be seeking “authentic” feedback!

Seriously, when was the last time you asked for feedback? How do you ask for feedback? Is your feedback authentic? How do you react to the feedback? Is the feedback the “truth”? How do you know? While today’s focus... Read More »

Leader Interventions

Over the past few months, I’ve been spending some quality time with the team at MediaFuel, a digital marketing agency here in Indianapolis. The relationship has been two fold in that I’m aiding their team in the area of... Read More »

Are you in alignment?

Most of us have likely experienced driving a vehicle which is out of alignment. It normally isn’t running smoothly (eg. steering wheel vibrates) and there is unnecessary wear and tear (eg. tires worn unevenly). While there is a cost... Read More »

Do you need help with delegating?

  We are bit behind on our Arnold Business Advisors LLC blog; however, this month’s topic may help us in the future. For those of you who enjoy getting our content, if not already, we encourage you to subscribe... Read More »