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TAQ Speaks, Personal Leadership
3 Strategies Mid-Career Women Need to Master
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair”, -Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman...
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TAQ Speaks, Personal Leadership
All the World’s a Stage >>> Lights, Camera, Action!
I was shopping at the mall when I got a casting call for an audition. They wanted it ‘ASAP’. It...
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TAQ Speaks, Inclusive Leadership
Living Agile: Lessons from Kathak dance
I started my dance journey as a little 7-year-old girl, unaware of how strongly Kathak would influence my life and...
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TAQ Speaks, Lockdown & Hybrid working
Gen Z and Return to Work
After almost two years of remote work, businesses are planning to return to their office spaces. Work from home has...
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Leadership Presence
How to Shine in the (Virtual) Spotlight
How do you exercise personal presence for an online audience? Here is how some practices from the performing arts can enhance your message onscreen!
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Team Performance
Communication patterns in teams: designing for synergy
Outcomes for teams can be significantly improved by designing team communication for synergy. Based on research and our experience, here are some ideas on how to manage this vital process for virtual teams.
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Team Performance
The Alchemy of Team Productivity – Managing for performance with dispersed teams
As leaders exercise a lot of creativity to get their teams aligned and effective in a changing world, here is a recap of some first principles of team productivity and ideas on how they may still be useful in the new normal.
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Personal Leadership
Habits that generate resilience
Cross-train to build the resilience muscle! There are many small and big habits that we can adopt to strengthen our resilience. In this article we look at the different paths we can take – body, mind, heart and soul and the habits that go with walking each path. Based on our work with leaders, we know that any of the elements can be a starting point and goes a long way to enhancing well-being and supporting performance!
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Personal Leadership
Personal resources for building resilience
The value of resilience is even more poignant as people around the world pick themselves up to move forward from the Covid crisis. This piece examines the personal resources to access to stay strong and flourish.
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Team Performance
Weather the Storm without Mutiny: managing conflict in Crisis
Crises put significant pressure on relationships; and top teams of fast-growing organizations are no exception. Here are some ideas on how to handle the discord based on our work with entrepreneur/founder teams.
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Lockdown & Hybrid working
Redesigning work – factors that affect the utility of the work-from-home model
Is the 'Work from Home' model a sustainable productivity solution? Based on our conversations with business leaders, here are a few factors to consider before making the shift.
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Lockdown & Hybrid working
10 Ways to Recover from Zoom Fatigue
While technology has been a great tool to stay in touch and continue working, "zoom fatigue" is real. Here are a few things you can do to combat it