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Ideal Team Player: Part 3
Hungry team members drive progress, take ownership, and fuel success. Does your team have the hunger to excel? Let's find out.

Brent Stromwall
Mar 311 min read
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Ideal Team Player: Part 2 - Humble
Humility builds trust, clarity, and accountability in teams, creating a high-performing culture. Learn how it drives success in the blog.

Brent Stromwall
Mar 51 min read
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You Can’t Handle the Shame! Pt 3 – Correction
Jim Wilder says, "Without healthy shame there is no transformation." Healthy shame guides growth and better relationships, unlike toxic sham

Brent Stromwall
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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You Can’t Handle the Shame! Pt 2 – Group Identity
Confronting team dysfunction requires two ingredients: a healthy group identity and compassionate correction.

Brent Stromwall
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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You Can’t Handle the Shame! Pt 1 - Narcissism
Narcissistic leaders stifle team health by intimidating others and avoiding accountability, damaging team dynamics and morale.

Brent Stromwall
Sep 2, 20241 min read
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Appreciation + Process = Satisfaction
Ever wonder what makes customer service truly outstanding? Well, it's not just luck! Read this blog to find out what it's all about.

Brent Stromwall
May 31, 20241 min read
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Team Health Pt. 5 - Correction and Shame
Healthy correction is relational, where a compassionate individual facilitates the experience of shame in the person.

Brent Stromwall
Mar 3, 20242 min read
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Just Say No!
The phenomenon of Hurry Sickness has become a prevalent behavior pattern in our culture. What is the key to eliminating it? Keep reading.

Brent Stromwall
Jan 27, 20242 min read
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Four Ingredients for Team Health, Pt. 4
Group identity statements are essential for businesses and teams.

Brent Stromwall
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Four Ingredients for Team Health, Pt. 2
Compassion in leadership goes beyond mere concern; it involves a deep empathy for the emotions of team members.

Brent Stromwall
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Four Ingredients for Team Health, Pt. 1
By embracing care, relationships, shared values, and openness to improvement, leaders create a resilient, healthy, performing team.

Brent Stromwall
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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Break Through: Resistance
To break through the ceiling, leadership must change how their business operates – which will meet resistance. Resistance to change is a...

Brent Stromwall
Mar 31, 20232 min read
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Pay Attention
It takes an average of 15 minutes for the brain to reorient after a distraction. The cost of distraction adds up. Here's how to minimize it!

Brent Stromwall
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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The Cost of Winning
Emotional immaturity in a team is toxic for everyone in the room, and the business.

Brent Stromwall
Jan 20, 20224 min read
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Do I Belong Here?
Leaders should create a strong sense of belonging for all of their employees. It is good for your business and good for their health.

Brent Stromwall
Oct 26, 20213 min read
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Where are the Mature Leaders?
What we are seeing from our leaders reminds us of two children fighting over toys in the sandbox. Where are the mature leaders?

Brent Stromwall
Sep 14, 20214 min read
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Employee Joy Yields Employee Engagement
You and your employees and teams will perform better – at their best – only when you all are in joy. A joy-filled team is more effective...

Brent Stromwall
Jul 26, 20214 min read
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The Ideal Team Has Joy-based Trust
The greatest role a leader of any team has is to create and nurture joy-based trust.

Brent Stromwall
Feb 15, 20214 min read
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Protecting Yourself and Others
Over the years I’ve learned that when others talk too much, too long, too loud, or too closely, I can experience negative emotions, or...

Brent Stromwall
Dec 14, 20203 min read
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Team Health
In his book, The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni says “I’ve become absolutely convinced that the seminal difference between successful...

Brent Stromwall
Dec 1, 20201 min read
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