5 Workplace Trends That Defined 2024 (and How to Navigate What’s Next)
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

5 Workplace Trends That Defined 2024 (and How to Navigate What’s Next)

As 2024 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the trends that shaped the workplace this year, from AI-assisted collaboration to purpose-driven work. Here, we break down the 5 biggest trends and share actionable strategies to help your organization adapt, thrive, and stay ahead in 2025.

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Leadership Beyond Titles
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

Leadership Beyond Titles

Leadership isn’t (just) about a title – it’s also about how you show up and influence others toward shared goals. Whether you’re in a formal leadership role or leading from within your team, your behaviors and actions make the greatest impact. In this post, we explore the key traits of effective leaders and share actionable steps to build your leadership presence, regardless of your position.

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Succession Planning Simplified
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

Succession Planning Simplified

Discover a step-by-step guide to succession planning that ensures leadership continuity, fosters team growth, and aligns with your organization’s future goals. Practical tips and real-world examples inside.

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The Power of Playfulness in Leadership Coaching
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

The Power of Playfulness in Leadership Coaching

Incorporating playfulness into leadership coaching isn’t about diminishing the importance of leadership. Instead, it’s about amplifying a leader’s capacity to connect, grow, and thrive in ways that feel natural and fun.

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Avoid the Cost of Conflict Debt
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

Avoid the Cost of Conflict Debt

While most of us are trained from an early age to be relatively conflict averse, this tendency can have enormous consequences in the workplace! Read on for four tried and true tips to foster the right kind of conflict in your workplace.

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The Educator’s Role in the Work of Inclusion
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

The Educator’s Role in the Work of Inclusion

While we want to believe that schools are automatically set up to be inclusive of students of all abilities, the reality is that disability bias creeps up in our classrooms all the time. Acknowledging this reality is a first step to combating it. Read on for more tips!

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5 Tips to Create a Connected Remote Workforce
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

5 Tips to Create a Connected Remote Workforce

With a current 12.7% of full-time employees working fully remotely, and 28.2% of them working in a hybrid model, it makes sense that creating a fantastic - and psychologically safe - workplace is key. Read on for ways to do it.

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Thoughts on Navigating the Liminal State 
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

Thoughts on Navigating the Liminal State 

The liminal state - that moment between a part of life that is clearly over and the next moment that has yet to start - can be truly challenging. Our thoughts on how to reframe this experience to make it feel a little less painful.

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 3 Simple Steps to Ensure Your Lesson Sticks
Paige Carstensen Paige Carstensen

3 Simple Steps to Ensure Your Lesson Sticks

Our educator friends will recognize this one - the fastest, stickiest way to ensure the folks you coach or manage are growing is with this 3-step process borrowed from the classroom.

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