Global Round Table Leadership

Contrary to popular belief, showing emotion in the workplace is not a bad thing! In fact, empathizing with your employees and coworkers builds trust and creates a better work environment.

Here are some important tips from the Harvard Business Review that every leader should know:

💡 Don’t try to play superhero and immediately offer solutions when an employee is venting. Sometimes, all they need is to feel that their emotions are validated.

💡 Learn how to recognize when an employee’s emotional state is making it difficult for them to focus on a critical task. In this case, a solution is necessary. Take steps to help them manage their emotions and determine if further intervention is needed.

Providing emotional support and leaning into our humanity in the workplace is a key element of our Shared Leadership framework, which is why we LOVE advice like this.

Read the full article here to learn how your team can benefit from confronting emotions in the workplace: https://leadtogether.team/hbrwhenemployeesfeel

Burnout at work is real, and if you relate, you’re not alone. Aflac reports that a whopping 59% of Americans are experiencing workplace burnout! 😲

Aside from suboptimal work-life balance, misalignment burnout is an often overlooked cause. As Forbes explains, this type of burnout happens when there’s a “conflict between personal values and organizational culture and an individual’s personality and job demands.”

⬆️ That is why we put an emphasis on developing human-centric workplaces with shared leadership practices for teams.

If you’re struggling with burnout and not sure why or how to fix it, check out this Forbes article: https://bit.ly/burnoutarticleforbes

What does being a professional look like in our post-pandemic era?

The team at Nonprofit AF has put together 7 new rules for workplace professionalism. Our favorites include:

#5: Pets and children's appearances are encouraged
#6: Honesty is good and normalized

Check out more of their fun and human-centered rules here, and let us know in the comments below a few of your new workplace rules, too: https://leadtogether.team/newworkplacerulesnonprofitaf

“I feel the changes beginning to happen in the Leadership Team at SEVCA. I feel we are becoming more connected than we ever have been. We are developing practices that will help us support one another, help our individual talents shine, use each other's strengths to create powerful presentations and all-staff days, and have permission to be more in touch with ourselves simply, [and] therefore each other.” —Southeastern Vermont Community Action Team & Shared Leadership Team Learning Journey Participant

Sharing leadership is a surefire way to help your team shine brighter together, and we’re committed to helping every team achieve that glow-up. 🤩✨

Book a call with Christine, our Head of Client Success, to learn more about how your team can become more supportive and connected and start shining together: https://leadtogether.team/bookacallwithchristine

With great joy and deep respect, we announce the promotion of Tristan Toleno to President!

After 12 years of loving service in the Vermont State Legislature, Tristan now joins us full-time to support our vision, partnerships, and continued evolution.

We are grateful for his commitment to our ensemble and invite you to learn more about his journey with us here: https://leadtogether.team/tristanfeature

Before joining our cohort, many Reconciliation Canada team members were suffering from burnout and struggling to connect with one another. Luckily, our Shared Leadership Team Learning Journey offered them the space to pause, breathe, and find more balance, reconnection, and play.

Does your team need to reconnect and rejuvenate, too?

Join our Shared Leadership Team Learning Journey this September. Book a call with Christine, our Head of Client Success, to learn more: https://leadtogether.team/bookacallwithchristine

“Our goal through the Shared Leadership Team Learning Journey is for the teams to turn toward each other,” explains Lori Hanau, Founder & Learning Steward. “Instead of coming to us as the “experts with the answers,” we want teams to stick in it together because co-learning creates a more dynamic learning experience.”

Is your team ready to stick in it together? Find out how teams around the world are experiencing less stress and anxiety and more connection, acceptance, appreciation, productivity, and expansive thinking as they take our Shared Leadership Team Learning Journey.

Book a call with Christine, our Head of Client Success, to learn more about joining our September cohort: https://leadtogether.team/bookacallwithchristine

Here are three more reasons for you and your teams to join our Shared Leadership Team Learning Journey this September:

1️⃣ Learn how team development offers a proven framework for organizational transformation.
2️⃣ Strengthen and expand your toolkit with new, shared leadership and compassionate accountability practices
3️⃣ Join and practice with our global cohort of cross-sector teams

Book a call with Christine, our Head of Client Success, to learn more: https://leadtogether.team/bookacallwithchristine

“Innovative business models have a higher chance of failing to begin with, so everyone really needs to be aligned.” — Peter Strugatz, CEO of Strugatz Ventures.

Success in work always comes back to successful, aligned relationships. Our long-time partner, friend, and advisor, Peter Strugatz of Strugatz Ventures, Inc., recently spoke about “Financing Strategies for Impact Ventures,” an event hosted by Impact Entrepreneurs and Impact Hub New York Metropolitan Area. He shared sage advice for founders and entrepreneurs seeking impact investment.

Learn more about aligning your company through sharing leadership, power, meaning, and responsibility: https://leadtogether.team/sharedleadershipjourney

Don’t take it from us. Sharing leadership equates to more positive outcomes than we can count.

Here are a few team takeaways from Habib Team University as they disrupted old patterns on their Shared Leadership Team Learning Journey:

✅ The power of co-creation, active listening and trust-building
✅ Personal agency, self-discovery, and empowerment
✅ More motivation and energy for the health and success of Habib University

If your team is ready to bravely disrupt old patterns together, reserve your spot in our upcoming Shared Leadership Team Learning Journey THIS JULY!

Book a call with Christine, our Head of Client Success, to sign up and learn more:
https://leadtogether.team/bookacallwithchristine

Ready to transform your relationship to money?

Join Justice Funders on June 13th for the “Intro to Somatics of Money.” This workshop will explore our feelings and definitions related to money through guided meditation, discussions, and somatic practices.

This offering is for all funders, investors, and resource mobilizers interested in reimagining and embodying a transformative relationship to money—one that is heart-centered, grounded in spirit, and allows us to collectively live in right relationship with ourselves, other beings, and the earth.

RSVP here: https://leadtogether.team/somaticsofmoneyrsvp

Work doesn’t have to feel arduous and draining. Are you ready for more motivation, energy, and morale in your teams and workplace?

Join global leaders and teams around the world, like S. on the Habib University team, who have experienced transformation in their teams through the Shared Leadership Learning Journey: https://leadtogether.team/sharedleadershipjourney

The Shared Leadership Learning Journey will enrich your team and your entire life as it has for Sidney and the team at Reconciliation Canada. Learn more about joining our upcoming cohort: https://leadtogether.team/sharedleadershipjourney

Are you attending the annual Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) gathering this year? We’d love to meet you and say hello. Come find our Founder, Lori Hanau, and team, who will be eager to greet you! 👋

There’s still time to join this very special, conscious business community. Learn more: https://www.vbsrconference.org/

Like Noor, you, too, can experience more presence, ease, and calmness in yourself, your teams, and your home.

Explore the many reasons why teams are joining our Shared Leadership Learning Journey: https://leadtogether.team/sharedleadershipjourney Habib University

Happy May, New Hampshire business community! We are thrilled to attend the annual NHBSR conference this Thursday, which is themed “Prosperity Unleashed: Aligning Business and Community.”

In addition to reconnecting with so many talented leaders and colleagues, we are super excited to be attending “Listening that Enables New Possibilities” presented by our dear friends, Beth Tener and Sarah Brock.

If you’re attending too, please let us know in the comments!

Are you ready to unlock possibility, innovation, and brilliance in your organization? 🌠

We can’t wait to share with you how the organizations we have worked with have been transformed by "Leading by Teaming" - taking their teams through our Shared Leadership Journeys, starting with the Foundations of Shared Leadership.

Join us at a live Circle TOMORROW, April 25th at 1 PM EST for an experience of our Shared Leadership Learning Journey: https://leadtogether.team/livecircle2

“My practice is definitely making waves in other areas of my life. I'm noticing that the mindfulness and presence I cultivate are spilling over into my work and everyday interactions.” —Sidney, Reconciliation Canada Team & Shared Leadership Journey Participant

Ready to create bigger waves in your team and life? Learn how our Shared Leadership Learning Journey can help you practice leadership skills for a more significant impact at work and at home. 🙌

Learn more: https://leadtogether.team/sharedleadershipjourney

Stop 3 of our conference tour is coming up! Hello Texas 👋

Our founder, Lori Hanau, will be in Austin for MO Summit (produced by Big Path Capital), the biggest annual gathering of impact CEOs, from April 15th to 17th. We’re looking forward to discussing pressing social and environmental issues with other leaders who use business as a force for good.

Will we see you there? Let us know in the comments below!

We are so excited to open the Flourishing+Culture 2024 gathering with our founder, Lori Hanau, and Carson Kelly, founder of Compassion 2.0. Lori will also speak about the Genius of Ensembles and share about our Shared Leadership Learning Journeys for teams.

There is still time to purchase tickets for this very special gathering in San Francisco. Use the promo code “FLOURISH24” to get $200 off.

See you next week! 🌼💙 https://www.compassion2.com/flourishingculture

B Corp U.S. & Canada family: See you in Vancouver?

B Corp Month is officially here, and we can’t wait to celebrate & RESTORE with our B Corp colleagues on the second stop of our Spring 2024 Conference Tour: March 18-22 in Vancouver.

Who else is attending? Let us know in the comments! It would be great to meet up there.

The official launch of our online Shared Leadership Journey for teams is on April 15th!

By joining and journeying as a team, participants discover more meaningful, connected, and productive ways of relating to each other and their work. 🤝

Join our free, live Circle experience on March 28th, 1 PM EST, to learn more about leading by teaming: https://leadtogether.team/livecircle1

First up on our Spring 2024 Conference Tour: Transform, March 11-13

From New England to Las Vegas, here we come!

We can’t wait for our team to join hundreds of other teams at our first Transform conference as we discuss the intersection of technology, humanity and how it impacts workplace culture.

Are you attending too? Connect and DM with Lori Hanau, Founder & CEO, here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorihanau/

This spring, we are taking shared leadership on the road, and we hope our paths will cross with yours along the way. Here’s where you can find us in person across conferences in the United States:

✅ March 11-13, Transform Conference, Las Vegas, NV
✅ March 18-22, B Corp Retreat, Vancouver, British Columbia
✅ April 3-4, Compassion 2.0, San Francisco, CA
✅ April 15-17, Mo Summit for Impact CEOs, Austin, TX

Not located in any of these cities? The official launch of our online Shared Leadership Journey for teams launches on April 15th! Join our free, live Circle on March 28th to learn more about it: https://leadtogether.team/livecircle1

Want to show your teams and yourself some love this Valentine’s Day? 🌎❤️

Join our Founder and CEO, Lori Hanau, for the “Modern Flourishing III: Pro-social Teaming: Humanity-based Organizations” webinar, hosted by Ubiquity University as a part of their Humanity Rising summit, which focuses on creating a *sustainable* post-pandemic world.

Together with Nour Elkhattaby Strauch, Executive Director of Yes World, Lori will discuss the importance of humanity-first approaches to leadership and how people can work together outside of traditional frameworks of power-over dynamics.

Open your mind and your heart to step into the future of teaming. Watch this inspiring LIVE conversation TOMORROW, February 14th, at 11:00 AM EST on YouTube 👉 https://bit.ly/humanityrisinglori

Are you a visionary leader ready for a reset?

The time is now to share leadership, power, responsibility, and meaning.

Take the first step to your team’s reset. Join us for The Foundations of Shared Leadership, an 10-Week Executive Team Learning Journey: https://leadtogether.team/foundationsofsharedleadership

In honor of the holiday, we're reminded of the immense power of community and connection. We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you.

We are thankful to have embarked on this shared journey toward greater understanding, collaboration, and unity. Whether you've shared your insights in our discussions, attended our events, or simply supported us from afar, you are an integral part of this movement. Your diverse perspectives drive us to think bigger, be open, and lead with compassion.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Power “with” is always stronger than power “over.” Sharing power releases energy, courage, and commitment in a way that isolated leadership never can.

Learn how to practice sharing power “with” your team in The Foundations of Shared Leadership: https://leadtogether.team/foundationsofsharedleadership

What is possible when your work culture is grounded in trust, co-learning, intergenerational wisdom, contribution, and our diversity as human beings?

Join us & a cohort of other executives for the Foundations of Shared Leadership: https://leadtogether.team/foundationsofsharedleadership