At Collective Co, we work with leaders who genuinely care—people who want to build teams rooted in trust, empathy, and shared values. And that makes our work incredibly rewarding. But I’ve also seen something else. Something subtle. Something that sounds good on the...
It’s not impossible to hold multiple tensions at the same time. In fact, as humans we are kind of masters at it. For example: Confidence and Humility Urgency and Patience Clarity and Complexity Care for People and Commitment to Results Stability and Innovation Truth...
When you’re in the thick of day-to-day operations, it’s tempting to build a leadership team that can solve today’s problems. You hire for what’s missing. You promote based on who’s been reliable. You move fast to plug the holes. But here’s the truth: if you only build...
Every leader wants better results—higher performance, stronger teams, and a healthier culture. But what if the biggest obstacle to those results isn’t strategy, talent, or resources? What if it’s mindset? A fixed mindset, as described by Carol Dweck in Mindset: The...
As a leader, how do you start your day? Is it a scramble of minimal sleep, a rushed shower, a quick bite, and logging into your first meeting while still shaking off yesterday’s fatigue? Now, picture this: What if your morning routine was as intentional as your...
Every team has a "gap." It's that challenging space where energy wanes, momentum stalls, and frustration begins to creep in. But what if I told you that the gap is where the real magic happens? In the world of work there are six areas that work flows through; Wonder -...
It means more than you realize for the bottomline of your company. Tis the season….the hustle of driving results and meeting goals, it’s easy to overlook one critical truth: connection fuels healthy leadership and thriving organizations. It’s not...
The right strategy and vision allows the leader to have quicker “yeses” and gracious “no’s” about what they will do and what they won’t do. Strategy is more than just a list of tasks, financial goals, or benchmarks. Strategy is the map to get to where you want to go...
In the C-suite, success isn’t just measured by financial growth or operational efficiency—it’s driven by the deeper "why" behind those results. For leadership teams, understanding and staying anchored in the "why" is crucial for both motivation and long-term success....
When teams take the time and are intentional about building vulnerability-based trust, it allows them to make quicker, high quality decisions without surprises, make course corrections with ease and team members are more open and even welcome accountability in order...