Unlocking Capacity:

Best Practices & Future Trends in Appreciative Management

Here is what we are reading at the AiMS institute this week about what’s working well, and what’s coming next in how we lead, plan, and operate in business:

What Makes Some Teams High Performing?

When you take over a team as a new manager, your first priority should be getting to know the team and how they work. Both small-scale studies and large research initiatives show the culture of a team — or the habits and norms of behavior among its members — has a big impact on its performance.

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7 Ways Reading Can Improve Your Leadership

From mental and physical improvements to increased empathy and understanding. Reading should be your, not so secret, secret weapon.

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Navigating the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) – from inclusion to belonging and beyond

During a keynote last week at the Google Cloud Next conference, leaders from Google delved into the evolving landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), emphasizing the significance of moving beyond inclusion to foster a sense of belonging across organizations and society.

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How do you facilitate high-stakes team situations?

Successfully guiding a team through stages of development and effectively managing team performance can help tackle complex team situations.

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Create Stories That Change Your Company’s Culture

If your organization’s culture does not align with its strategy, transforming the shared values, beliefs, and norms becomes an essential task.

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Whenever you’re ready, there are three ways we can help you as a business leader/owner:

  1. Become an AiMS Leader

If you’re a leader looking to elevate the 1-to-1 and team conversations you are having click here to book a call with us to learn about our leadership development programs. 

Our 10-session Appreciative Inquiry Leadership Certificate program is designed to give you practical skills and capabilities that result in positive and productive outcomes each and every day.

And our 4-month AiMS Strategic Management Certificate program is designed to help you bring more voices into your planning and operational conversations in ways that significantly elevate strategic possibilities and get things done at the team or organizational level.

  1. Become an AiMS Organization

If you’re a high-growth company experiencing rapid change and are looking to implement and/or transform the key management functions using modern practices (that drive bigger and bolder visions, goals, and actions)…

…partner with AiMS today to implement a transformational management system that mobilizes and energizes your company’s greatest asset – your people.

Contact us at jeffb@aims-institute.com to explore what’s next and best for you.

  1. Learn to use AiMS tools to open up your team meetings

If you’d like a FREE list of generative questions you can use to open your team meetings positively and productively, click here to download the list!