Team-Building and Follow-Up

Except from “Choose a Team-Building Program” by Bea Quirk, Charlotte Business Journal: “Team exercises can help members understand each other better, which leads to more effective communication that can enable them to be productive,” says Ann Depta, president of Charlotte-based Meridian Consulting Group. “And it can help prevent them being pulled apart by competing agendas. [...]

A Leadership Alphabet Now Available

After much preparation, my new book on leadership is finally available online!  In my 21 years as a leadership coach for such companies as Google, Disney, Target and Transamerica Reinsurance, I’ve seen many, many managers become more effective and productive by employing the techniques that I’ve taught them.  As with any new skill, individuals need [...]

The Twelve Commitments of Leadership Coaching

What is leadership? Leadership is a commitment! We Will:   Strive to bring healing to the workplace. Have integrity in all our dealings. Build our business on a solid rock of client need, not our own financial needs. Search for the positive intent in our client’s behavior. Be accepting, not judgmental, of the client and [...]

The Suit

The Suit Magazine has featured my business, Meridian Consulting Group in their latest issue. You can read it HERE.

Leading the Successful Meeting – Part 1

Over the next week, I’ll share an in-depth look at how skilled leadership can mean the difference between a successful meeting and a waste of time. THE LEADER’S IMPACT ON MEETING SUCCESS  You’ve heard it from all sources.  The organizations of today must build teams and empower their people if they expect to survive and [...]

Change and Fear

Managing Change    It’s not so much that we’re afraid of  change or so in love with the old ways,  but it’s that place in between that we fear. . .  It’s like being between trapezes. It’s Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There’s nothing to hold on to.                                                                                                    Marilyn Ferguson