Marie-Claire Ross

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How Positive and Negative Leadership Styles Impacts Team Performance

As I talk about in my book, Trusted to Thrive: How leaders create connected and accountable teams (get a free chapter here), research has found two factors that lead to high performance in teams: psychological safety and accountability....

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8 regular habits to improve executive function at work

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8 Lifestyle Tweaks for Leaders to Improve their Executive Functioning

Imagine an Olympian the night before their big race. They stay up late binge-watching TV, eating chips, and drinking beer. They wake up groggy, grab...

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44 Statements to Determine which Team Zone You're Leading From

It can be a game-changer for leaders to look at how much psychological safety and accountability they create in their teams.

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Unlock Your Leadership Potential: Start by Giving Yourself Permission

Recently, I have noticed a lot of my coaching clients are finding their roles difficult because of behaviours from the top.

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6 Proven Strategies to Sustain a Trusted Team Culture During Uncertain Times

With a lot of business stressors currently in play, a lot of people are feeling uncertain about their future.

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Which of these three trust decisions do you use when trusting others?

How do you make the decision to trust others? That's the question that Jim Collins asked his mentor some years ago. Collins is a student and teacher...

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4 Best Practices for Leaders to Integrate their Personal and Work Lives

Around ten years ago, I used to belong to a CEO mastermind group that met regularly to discuss business issues.

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3 Uncommon Approaches to dealing with difficult employees as a manager

There comes a time for every manager when they have a direct report that they just don't know how to handle.

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46 Questions to Boost Leadership Clarity and Identify Which Performance Zone You're In

One of the models I unpack in my book, Trusted to Thrive, (you can download a free chapter here) highlights four different team zones based on the...

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4 Powerful Strategies to Successfully Encourage a Difficult Team Member

One of the regular things a leader will ask me for advice on is how to get one of their team members in alignment. This is particularly true for a...

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