by Alice Shade | Sep 3, 2025 | Coaching, Leadership, Vistage Peer Advisory
Our language—inside our heads and in our organizations—has incredible power. It can hold us back or help us lean into growth. Recently, in a group I facilitated, we embraced an exercise of reframing our challenges. Rather than remaining stuck in a fixed mindset, we...
by Alice Shade | Jun 23, 2025 | Team Development
Exceptional teams don’t just happen—they are intentionally built, nurtured, and developed. In our work with organizations of all sizes, we’ve seen firsthand that teams that thrive focus not only on what they do but also on how they do it together. That’s where The...
by Alice Shade | Sep 5, 2024 | Coaching, Leadership
How many of us have left a one-on-one with our boss thinking… “Well, that was odd. I wonder what I was supposed to hear from that conversation?” “Was I just told I was great or terrible?” “I was supposed to bring an agenda, but she/he did all the talking!” As leaders,...
by Alice Shade | Jun 14, 2024 | Coaching, Leadership
Ever wondered how to truly grow as a leader? It starts with feedback! A Master Vistage Chair recently told me that she regularly seeks constructive feedback. This comment gave me pause, and I had to ask myself: Do I seek constructive feedback? How do people know I...
by Alice Shade | Sep 18, 2023 | Predictive Index Team Optimization
As a business leader, the ability to put together high-performing teams is a key job skill. Yet many leaders make these decisions using their gut rather than data and an objective process. What happens? Lackluster results, failed goals, fractured teams, and a damaged...
