Lead For Clarity

Shandel and Melanie answer a listener's question about sustainable practices to prevent burnout. The team digs into this question from a business standpoint, personal growth and leadership tools. It's important to build strong relationships so you can recognize when someone is struggling as well as taking ownership of the things that we can control, such as sleep and eating healthy.  We...

Shandel and Melanie dig deeper into communicating boundaries in Part 2 of this segment. The team talks through tips and advice of how to say no to someone as well as how to share that you don't appreciate someone's behavior . Learning how to effectively manage up helps keep a reasonable workload while also saying yes as much as possible and maintaining positive relationships. One way to...

Shandel & Melanie tackle another listener question about setting and communicating healthy boundaries in the workplace. Boundaries and values go hand-in-hand, so understanding your needs and the values you are protecting is key. The team shares their own experiences with setting boundaries and different approaches in communicating them to others. More to come, there will be a Part 2 as Shandel...

A lot of stress comes from poor conflict management and not being able to have hard conversations in effective and respectful way. Shandel and Melanie answer a listener's question about how to better engage in difficult conversations and turn them into positive experiences. Listen for lots of tools and tips to help you lean into conflict! Shandel and Melanie covered A LOT of different things....

Shandel & Melanie talk through a listener's question of how to help new leaders thrive after being promoted from within the organization. It's great to promote high performers but it's really common to see them struggle in their new roles. Setting new leaders up for success often requires a mindset shift – just because someone is amazing at doing their job, it doesn’t necessaril...

Shandel and Melanie dig into training and development of team members, a conversation sparked by a listener's question about struggles to effectively teach customer service. So often, we move quickly through training and in doing so, don't set our team up for success...and create future obstacles for ourselves.  When training others, it can be easy to assume what's easy for you will...

Shandel and Melanie explore a common barrier to effectively achieving goals - unmet needs. All goals should be focused on values, which means that we need to understand our values BEFORE setting goals. And digging into values is a great time to start distinguishing between needs and values.  Try asking yourself, what charges me up versus what drains me? This is a good place to start in discovering...

Cody Coles joins Shandel and Melanie this week to talk about his journey of leadership development. Cody shares his experience transitioning from a more tactical role to leading, coaching and teaching others and the challenges along the way. He learned the importance of modeling the vulnerability and behaviors that he wanted to develop within his team and showing them the impact that these changes...

Shandel and Melanie sit down to talk about the distinction between dialogue and discussion, a communication tool to help deepen understanding of others. Leaders that are intentional with their conversations create an environment where everyone has a voice and everyone feels heard, valued and respected. They see things more objectively and make better decisions. They listen to understand instead of...

Shandel and Melanie sit down with special guest, Shelley Newham and talk about her journey in mentoring, coaching and personal growth. Shelley shares the power she's found in asking better questions of her team, her family and herself. Leaning into vulnerability and finding others to learn and grow from is instrumental in growth!  The team digs into the importance of finding a balance between...

Shandel and Melanie speak with Sabeth about her journey towards self-awareness and embracing her wants and needs. After growing up in a more reactive household, Sabeth spent much of her life in a reactive state until realizing that she has a choice in her reaction if she understands the impacts of her emotions. She reflected on her struggle of taking things personally that have nothing to do with...

Alan Andersen returns to the podcast to talk leadership development with Shandel and Melanie. In today's world, success as a leader is being defined differently. You're not only expected to perform your job well, you're also expected to elevate those around you - being a leader making leader is an important component of leadership success today and in the future.  Being a leader mak...

Shandel and Melanie sit down with Shandel Group team member Ericka Slaten to discuss her journey of growth and development. Ericka shares her experience combating perfectionism by giving herself the freedom to ask for help and make mistakes. When we feel like we have to be perfect, any mistake hurts our confidence and when we step away from our perfectionism, we actually become more confident, hap...

When you encounter an obstacle within a task that you don't particularly enjoy, how motivated are you to push through and keep going? At what point do you give up?  Shandel and Melanie discuss an often misunderstood aspect of Emotional Intelligence - Motivation. This dimension indicates how able we are to move through barriers, even when we are not intrinsically or extrinsically motivated to...

On this behind the scenes episode, Melanie and Alan discuss their journey together building effective communication and teamwork. Developing strong relationships requires self-awareness, communicating differences, showing up authentically, awareness of others and feedback! Alan and Melanie give an inside look of how they navigated these areas and worked through Shandel Group teachings to strengthe...

So often we sacrifice creativity, patience, connection and joy to busyness and trying to keep up with everything. Shandel and Melanie reflect on their own growth and discuss how they've overcome some of their biggest hurdles - including, understanding our own needs, shifting our mindset to embrace vulnerability and slowing down to intentionally be present.  As leaders, its important to rememb...

Melanie and Shandel sit down with special guest, Lydia Faitalia, and discuss self-awareness and self-regulation. Lydia opens up about her growth in these areas and its impact on her communication, setting boundaries, connecting with others and much more.  Lydia shares that the path to leadership is through service - but that doesn't mean we need to say yes to everything. Great leaders underst...

Life is moving fast and we have to make fast decisions. Change is everywhere, which makes Emotional Intelligence more important in today's world.  Can you tell when someone is upset? Do you pick up on changes in behavior in others? And do you understand your own emotions and harness them to make better decisions?   Shandel and Melanie discuss why EQ matters in the workplace and why leaders NE...

Dig into Emotional Intelligence with Shandel Group this season on the Lead For Clarity podcast! Shandel and Melanie introduce and discuss the 5 dimensions of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self regulation, motivation, social awareness and social regulation. Do you want to actively develop your emotional intelligence? Let's grow together!   Thanks for joining us - don't forget to...

Shandel and Scott talk about "What will people crave for 2023? Simply connection ! There is nothing more fundamental and essential than connection. What are you most proud of as you look back on 2022? What do you desire for 2023? Many people desire for the new year to spend more time with their family. That's great, but are you desiring that goal because you feel guilty, or is it because...

This is part 2 of one of our favorite topics these days, The 6 Types of Working Genius. In the last episode, we talked in detail about the model and in this episode, we talk about how to use it with team meetings and also how the WIDGET model has truly helped Shandel and Scott understand each other with more clarity. We recommend ALL of our clients from 1  to 92 take this assessment to see how the...

Shandel and Scott discuss the remarkable and beneficial tool- The Working Genius The Working Genius is designed by T he Table Group . It's an assessment for anyone who desires to know their Working Genius and their Working Frustrations.! Everyone has at least two Working Genius'. Therefore consequently everyone has two Working Competencies and two Working Frustrations. The key is to work...

It's back to school time, Summer vacations are wrapping up and now is the time to get your team on the same page to finish strong in the last quarter. In this episode Shandel and Alan Andersen talk Organizational Optimization. What we mean by that is? How healthy is your team and are they all sharing the same vision, vigor, and vitality? Shandel Group performs Optimization Diagnostics for any...

This episode is all about "YOUR LEADERSHIP FIRST" .  You as the Leader set the tone in the organization by modeling the values which establish the culture. Therefore walk the talk. Be authentic. Be humble, and confidently lead your team.  Grow your Emotional Intelligence by focusing more than ever on your Self-Awareness. Do the coaching work to grow your own leadership first and then dem...

6 Ways to Recession Proof your business . We use the acronym STEADY to drive home the point that the best way to recession proof your business is to master the basics in order to weather any storm that may come. Our motto: "Stay Steady and Thrive." Emphasis on the Thrive part! STEADY: Simplify Everything Train, Teach & Invest in Your Talent Elevate Structure Attitude is Everything  D...