We are offering one-hour webinars at no charge in the next couple of months where you will learn practical ways to build your teamwork and resilience. On the top of this page, click "Learn More" and choose the session(s) that suit your interests and schedule! After each, I will be available to answer any questions you have.
Reduce critical turnover by increasing manager rapport!
In a time of high turnover, research tells us that people don't leave their organizations, they leave their managers. You can build your management strength by introducing them to Everything DiSC® Management which focuses learning in five key areas:
-Understanding their own DiSC® styles
-Directing and delegating
-Creating a motivating environment
-Developing others with different styles
-Identifying strategies for working more effectively with managers.
Your managers will learn how their management style influences how they manage time, make decisions, approach problems, and what they need to do to adapt to the styles of others to bring out the best in each and every employee in their charge.
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Leadership in Times of Uncertainty
We are in a time of uncertainty where leadership is most tested. The current global environment—marked by shifting political influences and ongoing societal tensions poses significant challenges. These dynamics leave employees searching for stability and belonging.
Farah Bala of Farsight gives us specifics about what leadership looks like now:
1. Communicating Through Uncertainty. In uncertainty, good management is about consistent communication with clarity and transparency. Acknowledging the current reality—what is known and unknown, what’s decided and what is still in discussion—is key. And, acknowledging reality does not mean solving for it. Many solutions lie beyond our control. Messaging may shift regularly, sometimes daily, and the ability to pivot at any given moment is crucial.
2. From Values To Action. Great leaders don’t just talk about values—they embody them.
3. The Power of Respect and Accountability. Respect means creating environments where all employees feel valued and supported. This requires us to model inclusive behaviors, and respond to exclusionary actions directly.
4. Sustaining Leadership Through Intention And Balance. Periods of change can take a toll on us, both mentally and emotionally. The weight of uncertainty often leads to decision fatigue and a sense of overwhelm. To lead effectively during these times, it’s important to focus on what truly matters—your team, your purpose and your capacity to sustain the work ahead. This strengthens our ability to show up consistently and intentionally. Leadership during uncertainty doesn’t mean having all the answers. It means staying adaptable, showing empathy and creating a sense of direction even when outcomes aren’t fully clear. By taking small, deliberate steps—whether through reflection, setting boundaries or leaning on our support systems—we protect not just ourselves but the energy of those we lead.
Empowerment is easier than you think!
What does empowerment really mean? Wiley Workplace Intelligence has looked at this and come up with some useful findings:
-Empowerment used to simply mean that someone had the skills, and the permission, to act autonomously at work. Often the result of long-term relationships and trust-building, empowerment developed over time.
-Today, empowerment in the workplace looks very different than it did before the pandemic. There is a surprisingly simple tool managers can use to foster it: clarity. Nearly half of employees (48%) ranked clarity as the most important factor in their sense of empowerment. This finding reveals that uncertainty, not only a lack of authority, can be a major barrier to action. Even the most capable and motivated employees may hesitate to take initiative if they’re unclear about expectations, goals, or decision-making boundaries.
-Quality of relationships outweighs tenure in fostering empowerment
-Hybrid environments have necessitated more intentional communication, which may be accelerating trust-building and strengthening relationships faster than in traditional settings.
-Remote Work Boosts Empowerment. Flexibility and autonomy, hallmarks of remote work, shape how empowered individuals feel in their roles. and feel trusted by their organizations.
-42% of employees report feeling empowered but don’t act on it. These individuals, what we call “latent leaders,” possess the mindset and potential to lead, innovate, and drive change, yet remain on the sidelines. This gap suggests that empowerment alone isn’t enough; without the right conditions and encouragement, even confident employees may hesitate to step forward.
Wiley’s suite of professional solutions provides a structure and common language to help empower entire organizations with the skills needed to get to the next level. From building better teams with The Five Behaviors® and improving understanding to create engaged, collaborative, and adaptive cultures with Everything DiSC® on Catalyst™ or helping you make confident hiring decisions with PXT Select®, Wiley has innovative solutions that help make the workplace a better place.
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Give Everything DiSC a try!
Instead of seeing it as a training session, you can build teamwork, reduce conflict, improve collaboration and improve results with DiSC!
This simple yet powerful model describes four basic styles: D, i, S, and C, and serves as the foundation for the Everything DiSC Application Suite. Participants receive personalized insights that deepen their understanding of self and others, making workplace interactions more enjoyable and effective.
You can decide which assessment to use in the suite of profiles, decide how to offer the information (classroom or virtually), and decide whether to use follow up tools that make DiSC a language and can be applied to relevant situations we all face at work. All at an affordable cost.
And if you work with me, we can strategize together about how best to make these decisions - I’m responsive and committed to your success. DM me for a demo assessment!
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Make your organization’s teamwork a competitive advantage!
Teamwork starts at the individual level. But in a modern workplace that is high-speed and high-stakes, how can you equip people to quickly build cohesiveness and deliver results?
We can provide you with the ability to introduce The Five Behaviors™ Personal Development solution across your organization to teach individuals to become better teammates by integrating Patrick Lencioni’s model at the organizational level. The goal is to completely redefine teamwork and collaboration.
Personal Development was designed specifically to work for individuals; participants do not all need to be part of the same team. Rather, participants can carry the takeaways of this program from one team to the next, enabling a culture of teamwork. Learners at all levels of your organization can benefit from this program and adopt its powerful principles, shape behaviors, and create a common language that empowers people to rewrite what it means to work together.
Become a new client of mine and we will work together to build your organization’s teamwork to be a competitive advantage. DM me for a free demo profile!!!
Use Catalyst to build your team’s effectiveness quickly and easily!
Does your team need a little help understanding their communication blind spots? Group Continua on Catalyst helps teams gain clarity—ultimately helping them work (and perform!) better together.
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Register now for NEXT 2025!
Come to a beautiful setting this September to spend a long weekend giving life to your third chapter with a group of women who share your commitment to being intentional about that. More info at https://nextchapterretreat.org/ and Linda Christopherson and I will be happy to answer any questions you have. We are almost full and this will be our last one!
Build your own portfolio to include Everything DiSC®!
As the world of work becomes more reliant on technology, your organization has been challenged to recreate the authentic human connections that drive results. Now, with the proven power of Everything DiSC®, you can help shape a more engaged and collaborative culture by teaching people about themselves and others.
Get certified to build your ability and confidence to build these human connections using Everything DiSC®. Choose dates that work for you at https://www.karengeiger.com/new-everything-disc-certification and fill out the form so I can register you.
Then I will partner with you for the long haul to help you strategize which profiles to use, when and for whom to make the most of your new knowledge!
Do you want to not only hire the right people but also keep them performing at a high level, coach them effectively, and help them have a career with you?
PXT Select™ is a powerful selection assessment that helps make the very human decisions about hiring simpler and smarter. It measures a candidate’s cognitive abilities, behaviors, and interests.
Assessment results equip your organization and your hiring managers with easy to understand
information about the candidate, and provides intuitive questions to strengthen the interview process.
PXT Select measures a candidate’s thinking style, behavioral traits, and interests: three areas
that impact an individual’s approach to situations in the workplace.
- PXT Select is one powerful assessment that produces a suite of reports you can use over the tenure of that employee:
o Comprehensive Selection Report
o Comprehensive Selection Report: Sales*
o Multiple Positions Report
o Multiple Candidates Report
o Team Report
o Manager-Employee Report
o Individual’s Feedback Report
o Individual’s Feedback Report: Sales*
o Individual’s Graph
o Coaching Report
o Coaching Report: Sales*
o Performance Model Report
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NEXT 2025 is the last one - Register now!
If you are interested in attending a NEXT retreat, Linda Christopherson and I have assessed our own third chapters and have decided this 2025 NEXT retreat will be our last one. We have a couple of spots left and welcome anyone who wants to experience this. More info at https://nextchapterretreat.org/ and let us know if you’d like to grab one of those spots.
Start your New Managers off with Success!
Are you onboarding new managers? Here's a way to start them off on the right foot to build engagement and productivity right away. Use Everything DiSC Management (on the Catalyst platform) to introduce them to the key principles of Management:
1. Your DiSC style has a strong influence on how you approach management. Other factors such as life experience, education, and maturity also play a role,
2. People with all styles can be effective managers, even if they approach the role differently. No style is better than any other,
3. No matter what your style, you’ll need to adapt to the styles of the people you manage if you want to be effective.
Then they can apply their personalized style to 4 key roles a manager must play: directing/delegating, motivating, developing talent and managing up.
And when review time comes, you can offer the Delivering Constructive Feedback module to those managers so they can apply their approach to a specific direct report.
This is a way you can integrate training and development with the work of your managers to build a strong and effective culture.
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Learn to unleash the power of teamwork!
Do you often think you could work together with your teammates more effectively and productively?
If you do, The Five Behaviors® can be your roadmap.
The Five Behaviors Personal Development is based on best-selling author Patrick Lencioni’s ground-breaking model for developing high-performing teams through five key behaviors: Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, and Results. This powerful solution teaches you the critical behaviors and interpersonal skills needed to be effective team players on any team by combining this powerful team model with personalized insights.
Come to Unleash the Power of Teamwork on June 17, 11-noon ET (online) where you will…
*Learn about the powerful Five Behaviors model, its groundbreaking approach to team development, and how it can be leveraged to unlock the power of teamwork in your organization at all levels
*Preview The Five Behaviors Personal Development solution
*Receive a complimentary Personal Development assessment and personalized profile.
Let me know you’re interested and I’ll register you at no charge!
Come to the NEXT Chapter Retreat in September 2025!
Fellow women over 50: let’s be real. Aging comes with its challenges and “aging gracefully” has long been the goal, but it’s time to flip the script. It’s not just about accepting the years as they come; it’s about “aging with intention”. This mindset shift invites us to actively shape our journey—it’s about embracing, growing and finding strength in the wisdom and resilience you’ve gained along the way.
Join 9 other women in September 2025 for a long weekend where you will plan your "third chapter" intentionally. Designed and facilitated by Karen A. Geiger and Linda Christopherson, you will have time to think about what is most important to you in your next chapter. More information at https://nextchapterretreat.org/
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Build your capacity to manage conflict!!
Social media algorithms that are designed to produce outrage and divisive politics make conflict inevitable in thesen times and handling it productively will make or break our organizations and even our country.
We can build our capacity to communicate about conflicting points of view with a tool inside Everything DiSC on Catalyst: 1 of 5 modules called “Managing Conflict”.
In this 1-hour session, your managers will learn their own instincts in a conflict situation, and be able to tailor their approach to a specific person - thereby making the conflict a source of increased engagement and understanding rather than something that isolates people. Using this tool will build a culture of acceptance and skill when it comes to managing conflict in your organization.
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Help your managers empower their teams!
Help your managers understand the buzzwords of a productive work environment and enable them to create an action plan focused on a specific colleague.
For example, one of the Everything DiSC Worksmart modules is called “Empowering your Team” and is live now. What does empowerment mean? The module helps managers define this and put it into action, like, having information to do their job, being confident about making the right choices, and knowing who to talk to about issues they can’t resolve alone.
After learning what empowerment means to every DiSC style, your managers can then use the module to create a specific action plan for each colleague they manage, making them effective at empowering their teams rather than just using buzzwords.
Contact me today for more info or a demo!
Come to the Why Feedback Fails: Guiding Managers Through Constructive Communication webinar!
Come to the Why Feedback Fails: Guiding Managers Through Constructive Communication webinar on either June 12 or July 22 at 11-noon ET (you will get a recording if you register and can't make that time). You will learn how DiSC® styles—both manager's and direct report's—impact feedback dynamics. You will gain practical tools to help managers adjust their style for different team members, so they can overcome barriers and build positive interactions.
Giving constructive feedback is one of the 5 topics in Everything DiSC’s latest innovation – Worksmart. This tool helps managers tackle workplace challenges with short, facilitated trainings. In this 60-minute webinar, you will learn:
· The importance of delivering feedback effectively
· Why giving and receiving feedback often presents challenges
· Feedback superpowers and limiters unique to each DiSC style
· How to tailor feedback delivery to match direct reports’ DiSC styles
· Actionable strategies to implement these personalized insights immediately
Get a sneak peek by watching this preview video: https://players.brightcove.net/3742124946001/jHepbYsjj_default/index.html?videoId=6370145775112
Let me know if you're interested and I will register you today!
Give managers what they need to build engagement and productivity!
If you are in the training field and realizing that targeting content to specific real-time challenges is the best way to train now, you have a great option.
Everything DiSC® Worksmart is a set of five targeted learning modules designed to help managers apply DiSC® to everyday interpersonal challenges.
Worksmart combines DiSC insights, short-form facilitated training, and on-demand action planning, ensuring managers can immediately apply DiSC to a range of interpersonal situations. This will help managers develop and put into practice the concrete skills that are demanded of them every day.
Two of the five modules will be released TOMORROW (May 5, 2025) for the exclusive reduced price of ten credits (50% off the regular price). If you want this reduced price, all of your learners will receive two modules right away, then get the remaining three modules as they become available through late summer—for no additional fee! This offer will end on July 31, 2025, when Worksmart officially launches.
Contact me at karen@karengeiger.com for more information or details!
Plan your Third Chapter to be rewarding and enjoyable!
For women 50+: Let’s plan your third chapter.
How can you reconnect with dreams that you buried?
What makes you happy and how can you bring more happiness into your life?
What have you always wanted to learn but never found the time?
How can you keep yourself fueled for the decades to come?
Come to a long weekend retreat where you will make the time to ponder these questions, let them marinate and find answers that will illuminate the path toward a fulfilling third chapter. Give yourself this gift and meet other amazing women who are asking the same questions!
More info at NEXT: Designing Your Third Chapter - Home and either Linda Christopherson or I will be happy to get on a call with you to answer any questions. Spaces are going fast so register soon!
Build agility throughout your organization!
Building your agile organization starts with developing the emotional intelligence of your workforce. Everything DiSC®Agile EQ™ was designed to help participants discover an agile approach to workplace interactions and learn to navigate outside their comfort zone, empowering them meet the demands of any situation. Want to learn more? Contact me today!
