Author Archives: Ethan Hyers

Western business culture makes the same mistake in two ways, neither celebrating wins, nor stopping to recognize loss. This vlog looks at pain that accompanies business loss, and how failures, setbacks, and hardships at work are often ignored. Here, Dean explains three simple actions that a leader can take to promote healing for a more effective team.

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Fabulous office spaces are devoid of people, and nobody knows if this is the new normal, or if we’re still moving toward one. In this post, Dean explores the team impact of being separated, viewing this as the perfect time to think about what you really want in your future workspace. Check out Dean’s thoughts and share your own.

And if you’re concerned about losing your team culture because so much of your team is out of the office, check out our BE-it program here.

Representing your firm as part of a team often brings a particular host of anxieties. You don’t want to let your team down. You don’t want to be the weak link in the chain. You don’t want to say something that someone else on your team is going to have to correct. You don’t want to be the “problem child” that the rest of the team needs to make up for. 

In today’s post, Pete sheds light on this family of insecurities, and offers a simple (but not necessarily easy) solution that you can independently put into practice to reduce the impact that these insecurities can have on you.

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We talk about forgiveness in life, but what about in business?

You can feel held back, defeated, double-crossed, excluded, or treated rudely. The resentment that builds can be bad for you and can often involve the people you need to continue working with.

Dean tackles the topic of business forgiveness with a one-step activity that can help you actually achieve it.

When we generate the energy that it takes to present, we do so because we have a goal in mind. And whenever we have a goal, there is always the possibility of failing to achieve that goal. Our relationship with that possibility has everything to do with whether or not the fear of failure gets in our way. In today’s post, Pete discusses a healthy relationship with that possibility.

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3 STEPS to Build a Business Relationship Quickly

In his most recent post, Dean explored how alliances can form over the concrete “yang” lines of credentials, skills, experience, and common goals, but RELATIONSHIPS form by sharing on the softer “yin” side of values, feelings, caring, and vulnerability. This time Dean provides the ‘how,’ starting with the mindset and vibe to make sharing possible, and secondly a 3-step process to get other people to open up their yin side.

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