by: Vanessa Downing, PHD, ACC As human beings, we tend to all be natural wisdom seekers. GroupWorks consultants have the opportunity to use what they learn to benefit clients and communities.  We recently checked in with a few of our team members to find out what they are sharing with clients and community members. Labyrinth Building Clare Sautter is a lifelong learner and recently took a creativity course where labyrinths were one of the resources offered. Clare dove deep into [...]

By: Vanessa Downing, PHD, ACC “People don’t flee bad jobs, they flee bad bosses.” Years of research on turnover supports that this oft-spouted cliché tends to be overwhelmingly true. And the inverse is true as well: good bosses positively impact the performance and productivity of their direct reports, and their teams quit at lower rates than their “bad boss” peers (Shaw, 2019). As an executive coach and psychologist, I’ve had multiple experiences of supporting high achieving, engaged coaching clients as [...]