Too often, leaders give gifts to recognize their employees during the holiday season—and it backfires. What’s intended as a gesture of appreciation instead leaves team members frustrated and resentful. While gift-giving is a go-to, it is not the most effective or only way to show genuine appreciation during the holidays. Here are three steps to recognize your team in a way that will truly reach them…

So many of the folks I coach are going through changes right now—one just gave her notice in order to start her own business, another is starting a brand new job after being at his last organization for eight years, and another is leading his team through a major change in structure.

Change is a major part of our work lives. We need to get better at navigating it. Let’s explore a simple model that helps us understand the structure of change and how we move through it.