Just a few years ago, a now-client was hiring his first employee to help him launch a startup – with big plans to disrupt the marketplace. “Culture is our differentiator,” the CEO told the interviewee. “Culture is how I’ll ensure …
Vantage Founding Partner Dr. Carl Robinson has spent the last 37 years assisting executives in preparing for high-stakes transitions and navigating career-defining moments – and 2020 was, for many, the ultimate challenge. As a clinical psychologist with a deep understanding …
In my new role as Practice Leader for Leadership Development Solutions with Vantage, I am spending a lot of time thinking about how we can help our clients build innovative, meaningful, and experiential leadership development programs. This has been quite …
A few months ago, I found myself standing in line for hours at a BBQ food truck in Austin, waiting for brisket. With a load of time on my hands, in a city full of places to eat exceptional BBQ, …
Leadership presence is and has been a hot topic for a while now. Yet, despite its popularity and widespread use as a term, it remains difficult to pinpoint what leadership presence is. We know when someone has it – and, …
For the last two weeks, we have discussed the benefits of teams engaging in constructive conflict and described a framework to understand types of conflict that occur in team settings. Some types of conflict are at the core of what …
While the past few posts in the series have focused on what I would consider “failed” networking attempts, in the true spirit of development it’s also important to consider those opportunities that have gone well and the lessons learned. And…despite …
I recently took some time to reflect on my approach to networking and I found some startling consistencies. Let me know if this sounds familiar to you: An interesting or unique networking opportunity crosses my path, and I commit to …
How appropriate is it to use the “F” word in the workplace? From our perspective, it’s not only appropriate, it’s also incredibly necessary. To be clear, we’re talking about the word failure. From a young age, we’re told to “learn …
At one point or another, most working people encounter a leadership decision or an action that seems to make no reasonable sense. After some head-scratching, and possibly discussion with friends, one might ultimately attribute those events to the somewhat nebulous …
