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As a leader, your role is more than just providing direction and accountability. You are not simply managing projects and processes, running meetings, and overseeing your team’s progress. You impact the growth of your team, propelling them further through your influence. Trinity Training and Development can help you push your team to be forward thinkers, problem solvers, and self-motivators.

The buzzing on your bedside table startles you from your dreams. Without opening your eyes, you fumble for your phone, turning off your alarm. “How is it Monday already?” you wonder. You force yourself to get out of bed, and you shuffle from your closet to the coffee pot. You can’t remember the last time you were excited to get to work. You always thought you would end up doing something you enjoyed, but now you feel uninspired in your job, stuck in a rut, and dreaming of something more fulfi...

When it comes to engaging your employees in a discussion about the workplace, it’s natural to take a problem-solving approach. However, this often highlights the problems and leaves employees feeling discouraged. Instead, frame the discussion in a positive light. Ask your employees to describe a future that is positive and productive. In what environment can they picture themselves performing at their best?

When there’s a vacant position in your company, you may feel pressure to fill it. Having a fully functioning team sounds important on paper but filling the position with the wrong person can lead to a disaster. As you filter through resumes, conduct countless interviews, and search for the right person for the job, you’ll find that EI (emotional intelligence) is more beneficial than IQ. Recruiting requires a strong understanding of emotions–both in yourself and job candidates. As well as empa...

You pause, waiting for an answer. You glance at each member of your team, trying to make eye contact. But what’s the use? Half of them don’t have their cameras turned on so, all you see are white initials in the center of a black box. The others can’t tell that you’re actually looking at them individually, or they do, but they don’t seem to care. You take a deep breath and ask someone specifically to share their thoughts. But the lack of enthusiasm is palpable. You try to stay positive, but...

Feeling overwhelmed and overscheduled is just a part of life, right? But accepting stress as a natural part of life negatively impacts our effectiveness at work, at home, and threatens our mental health. So, rather than trudging through your life feeling stressed out and dealing with its effects as they come, take some ownership in managing your stress. By implementing the following 5 tips for managing stress, you can protect yourself from various health issues and burnout in the workplace.

Your employees must desire to improve and be dedicated to hard work if they want to improve. But you have a critical role as a manager when it comes to enhancing employee performance: by stepping in as a coach and offering feedback on a regular basis.

You’ve heard the phrase, “you need a vacation from your vacation.” Many times it applies to the packed schedule, late nights, and overall fatigue of traveling. But it is also felt when you return to work. The projects that were put on hold in your absence now require you to work late hours to get back on track. You have endless phone calls and emails to respond to and your weekly meetings eat up so much of your time during the day, any rest you had on vacation is long forgotten. You’re more ...

Emotional Intelligence, often referenced as EQ, is a key component to effective leadership in businesses and organizational growth. Emotional Intelligence is, in simplest terms, described as possessing the knowledge of what is being felt, what emotions mean, and how those emotions can impact others. But great leaders know that EQ is more than that because they understand how emotions drive behavior and apply that knowledge to motivate those around them.

DiSC assessments have been around since 1972 and have been updated and adapted to modern workplace environments to help managers learn more effective communication techniques and how to build better interpersonal relationships with team members while having the tools to effectively navigate conflicts, set goals, and establish an atmosphere of successful communication.