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Worksmart gives managers the practical tools they need to turn stressful reviews into real growth conversations. From giving feedback to navigating change, Worksmart helps your people lead with confidence — right when it matters most.

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Accountability can’t exist without a strong foundation. Teams need trust and alignment before they can truly hold each other accountable.

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How Do We Get Team Members To Hold Each Other Accountable Learn how to build a culture where team members confidently hold each other accountable with trust, clear expectations & peer-to-peer feedback.

While skill set is certainly a part of effective delegation, the main reason leaders struggle with delegating has much more to do with beliefs than skills. Until those beliefs are identified and reframed, delegation will be a challenge, and growth will be stifled.

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Message From Julie: Lessons From My Mat: Let Go To Grow During a recent yoga class my teacher was talking about transitions. She said, “If you want to grow you must let go”. I was struck by how true this is in life

Many of you are heading into or perhaps in the midst of review season, and your managers are already overwhelmed. They’re expected to lead tough conversations, drive performance, and somehow do it all with confidence and skill.

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Great teams hold one another accountable. However, it can be one of the most challenging dynamics in teamwork. Holding yourself and others accountable can feel uncomfortable, especially when it involves difficult conversations, power dynamics, or mistakes that reveal vulnerabilities.

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How Do We Get Team Members To Hold Each Other Accountable Learn how to build a culture where team members confidently hold each other accountable with trust, clear expectations & peer-to-peer feedback.

We often think about growth as adding more – more skills, more responsibilities, more rewards. Yet somewhat paradoxically, growth requires letting go – letting go of control, of old habits, of outdated processes and even long-held beliefs.
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Message From Julie: Lessons From My Mat: Let Go To Grow During a recent yoga class my teacher was talking about transitions. She said, “If you want to grow you must let go”. I was struck by how true this is in life

See Worksmart in Action!
Watch the recorded Webinar: “Why Feedback Fails: Guiding Managers through Constructive Communication” featuring the Giving Constructive Feedback module to see how Worksmart helps managers:
• Overcome the challenges of giving feedback
• Build critical skills for review season
• Tailor feedback for better communication
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Silos often develop when teams focus on their own success instead of collective outcomes. A competitive culture, where leadership rewards individual or departmental wins, can quickly create an “us vs. them” dynamic.

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How Can Leaders Break Down Silos And Encourage Cross-Functional Teams To Collaborate? Learn how leaders can break down silos, foster cross-functional collaboration, and build a culture of teamwork to drive growth and innovation.

What if performance reviews actually worked?
In just one hour, Worksmart helps managers:

• Give feedback that sticks
• Handle conflict with empathy
• Lead meaningful review conversations

Less stress. More impact. That’s Worksmart. Learn more at an upcoming Catalyst showcase and webinar!

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If you want your team, a direct report, colleague, your boss (or even your spouse or kids) to change here are three behavior changes you might want to try. Click to read more!

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Message From Julie: Want To Change Your Team's Behavior? Change Your Behavior First Think about it like this, doing what you are currently doing is getting you the results you are currently getting. If you want different results, then change what you are doing.

How do you help your managers develop the critical skills of flexibility and trust-building? View our New Webinar: Transforming Culture With Agile Leadership and discover steps you can take to improve the flexibility and trust-building skills of your leaders.

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Transforming Culture With Agile Leadership Webinar Now more than ever, organizations need to be agile to adapt to the rapid pace of change. They need self-directed team members who take initiative.

In this video Julie provides a preview of Everything DiSC Worksmart, specifically focusing on the newly released Navigating Change module. Navigating Change introduces participants to the concept of the Change Curve, which plots time against morale and productivity, illustrating the phases of disorientation, reorientation, and acceptance.

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Everything DiSC® On Catalyst: Navigating Change With Everything DiSC® Worksmart For Managers In this video Julie provides a preview of Everything DiSC Worksmart, specifically focusing on the newly released Navigating Change module. Navigating Change