S.P.A.C.E. to Lead
SPACE to Team helps groups slow down, see themselves more clearly, and act with intention. By creating Stillness, expanding Perspective, Assessing patterns, Clarifying decisions, and Engaging purposefully, teams build trust, alignment, and sustainable performance.
S.P.A.C.E. to Lead
Teams don’t move through neat stages—they flow like waves. Just as a body surfer reads the ocean’s rhythm, leaders must sense the patterns beneath team dynamics. Tuckman’s model still guides us, but today’s teams evolve continuously—riding change with awareness, adaptability, and trust.
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A team being stuck is not a sign of failure — it’s where innovation and understanding are born. Learn how to hold space for the messy middle and turn conflict into collaboration.
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David LeBlanc, Aug. 29, 2025 As leaders, one of our greatest responsibilities is to create conditions for our people to grow. Not just to do their jobs well today, but to stretch into who they can become tomorrow. A useful way to think about this comes from the psychologist Lev
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Recently, while teaching in a team coaching program where I serve as faculty, I had the opportunity to introduce a deceptively simple yet profoundly insightful model—The Four Truths, developed by Dr. Glenda Eoyang and the Human Systems Dynamics Institute. In our work with teams, it’s easy to get
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In a recent LinkedIn post, Chris Mullen, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, offered a compelling insight into the evolving definition of leadership. He writes: “Future leaders won’t be the smartest in the room—they’ll be the ones who build a room where everyone is empowered to be their smartest.” This
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A common theme in many of our articles and conversations with leaders is this idea of “busyness.” With that in mind, we really loved this post from AJ Silber ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajsilber/ ) on the difference between being “busy” and being “productive.” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ajsilber_
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Contributed by Helen Zink While one-on-one coaching can be effective when working with individual staff, the issues that emerge at a team level often require a different approach. The critical role leaders play in organisational culture cannot be underplayed. In an extensive study by Gallup (Clifton & Harter, 2019), they