Over the past few years the practice of gratitude has gained popularity and grown into common practice among people working to improve their relationships, health, workplace, and general outlook on life. If you type “gratitude” into Google, in addition to the definition (the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return…
At Droste Group, we recognize that it is vitally important for you to select a coach you connect with to get the most out of your engagement. That is why we have strategically assembled a diverse team of leadership coaches. As part of a regular blog series that we call “Coaches Highlight,” we will introduce…
Every day, we are inundated with ideas on how to reframe our perspectives around different issues. A new diet to help reframe our relationship with food, a digital course on how to change the way we manage finances, a self-help book on how to better understand where your spouse is coming from during an argument.…
For many of us, they started at a young age. Perhaps as early as five or six when a kind, but somewhat intimidating adult asked us to count to 20 and recite our ABC’s before signing off on our entrance into first grade. Later on, our correct and incorrect responses governed which math class we…
We know that team development sometimes gets a bad rap. Boondoggle retreats. Kumbaya circles around a campfire. And when is the last time a trust fall made a positive impact on the bottom line? We get it. That’s why our go-to team development program centers around Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ model.…
Imagine this. Crowded cocktail party. A couple spots you from across the room. The gentleman (your client) whispers to his partner who then turns and nearly knocks over a waiter and his tray of bubbling champagne flutes as she determinedly rushes towards you. “I want to thank you,” she says, grabbing your hand, pulling you…
“Stability is a shut off switch for your brain.” This is the central idea of Inc.’s article, “Science Has Just Confirmed That If You’re Not Outside Your Comfort Zone, You’re Not Learning” written by Jessica Stillman. Her statement is backed by research from Yale University that says brain regions associated with learning basically shut down when we are…
At Droste Group, we recognize that it is vitally important for you to select a coach you connect with to get the most out of your engagement. That is why we have strategically assembled a diverse team of leadership coaches. As part of a regular blog series that we call “Coaches Highlight,” we will introduce…
The playwright Samuel Beckett once said, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” If we didn’t give ourselves permission to fail, then we’d never learn what we needed to learn in order to eventually succeed. In order for people to fail better, we need leaders and managers who can appreciate how people fail.…
Are you ready to make an impact in your company? With Everything DiSC Workplace® Certification, you can become a catalyst for improving your workplace by learning how to deliver this powerful solution to your colleagues. Droste Group will be hosting a 2-day open-enrollment Everything DiSC Workplace Certification in Detroit on October 8th & 9th. You’ll build your…