Discover how tailored leadership training programs for academic leaders can empower higher education professionals to navigate challenges, foster effective communication, and drive positive change within their institutions. In the dynamic realm of higher education, the impact of academic leaders is far-reaching. This article highlights the significance of leadership training programs that address the unique challenges faced by these professionals. By promoting strategic thinking, enhancing communication skills, fostering teamwork, and cultivating adaptive leadership qualities, these programs empower academic leaders to excel in their roles. Read more

Effective team building on construction sites is essential to foster cooperation, enhance communication, and maximize productivity in the construction workplace. So, how do construction companies promote strong teamwork structures? We outline 3 key strategies for building strong construction teams below. Read more

Construction managers play a critical role in ensuring the success of large-scale projects. However, effective leadership skills are often not taught as part of traditional construction training. What can organizations do to ensure their construction managers are set up to thrive? At Trinity Training and Development, we know that with the right training, tools, and opportunities, each person within your organization has the ability to lead and influence others. Read on for more details about the specific challenges construction managers might face and how adequate leadership training can empower leaders to overcome them. Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we work, what we value, and how we spend our time, and companies across every industry continue to establish what this means for them going forward as many jobs leave the traditional nine-to-five schedule behind. Read more

For the leader who wants to protect his team from feeling isolated, uninformed, and discouraged, put the following steps into action and watch your team thrive no matter where they choose to office. Read more

Trinity Training & Development is here to help impact your organization’s culture and environment. Our programs are designed to equip managers and team leaders with the tools to strengthen their influence and success so your organization can thrive. Read more

At Trinity Training & Development, we want to help managers and team leads learn how to successfully communicate and motivate their employees. By implementing the following strategies, you will reduce “quiet quitting” and win your employees’ trust. Read more

We believe in the power of teams at Trinity Training and Development. When teams function effectively, employees thrive, and your company succeeds. Below are six reasons why teamwork is crucial to your business. Read more

At Trinity Training and Development, we want to support your managers and team leads as they grow into strategic leaders that enhance company culture, collaboration, and ultimately profitability. A study of 20,000 executives identifies six characteristics that establish a strategic leader who remains flexible yet resolute no matter what comes. Read more about these six characteristics. Read more

Compassion fatigue is a type of burnout that leaves you feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted. At Trinity Training and Development there are several practices you can include in your life to beat compassion fatigue and rediscover joy and empathy. Read more

At Front Line Leadership, we want to help managers and supervisors of all levels become the best version of themselves. Our tools and resources will impact both your personal and professional life as you learn how to implement strategies that will set you–and your team–up for success. Read more

Founding a successful startup is not a sprint, it is absolutely a marathon. You have the great ideas, the passion required to start a new venture, and the courage to move forward, even when it gets tough. But to cross the finish line, you have to embody three characteristics marathon runners practice every day: patience, endurance, and consistency. Learn how to better manage others or explore your own strengths and abilities with Trinity Training and Development. Read more

While working remotely and meeting via Zoom will not go away, leaders must continue fighting to establish in-person relationships with their employees. Today, Trinity Training and Development will outline three reasons why organizations need to continue meeting in-person. Read more

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. Read more

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 fulfilling and challenging. Read more

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? Read more

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 empathy and discretion. Because emotional intelligence cannot be learned through book study, it is a valuable skill set. Below, we’ll discuss why EI is necessary when it comes time to recruit someone for a vacant position in your organization. Read more

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 even you have to gear yourself up for a Zoom call. Eighteen months ago, Zoom was a lifesaver. A way for you to connect with your coworkers, feel a sense of togetherness, and communicate almost as if you were in the same room. Now, it feels like a burden. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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 stressed and overwhelmed than before your trip, causing you to wonder why you took time off in the first place? Read more

Many people found joy and ease that came with working remotely, getting to experience a refreshing work-life balance. However, others are counting down the days when they can work in their office, who find it easier to “leave work at work” when their work is separate from their home. As leaders navigate a hybrid work solution or bring their employees back to the office full-time, it’s critical to retain your best people and elevate employee satisfaction. Read more

Whether you are commuting to the office or working from home, establishing clear boundaries between home life and work life is key. Here are seven ways you can maintain a healthy work-life balance and increase your capacity to be productive and present in all areas of your life. Read more

If you dug through the files in your brain that recorded performance reviews, you will most likely find two categories: “Keep” and “Shred.” You want to shred the memories associated with a bad performance review. But interestingly enough, you received some negative feedback over the years that you’ve filed into the “keep” folders. What makes you want to shred certain memories is not actually the review itself, but the way you received it—the way it made you feel. You felt embarrassed when you received negative feedback in front of your team and superiors. You felt angry at the condescending way the review was delivered. You realize that the when, who, and how the feedback was given made a greater impact than the feedback itself. The good and the bad feedback stowed away in the “keep” files actually helps you be a better manager today. You recall the way you felt motivated to do better next time, or empowered to keep up the good work. So, now that you’re the one giving performance reviews, you attempt to mimic the timing and manner in which specific reviewers once delivered feedback to you. Read more

March 2020—when everything changed. You don’t need a play-by-play. You lived it. You can probably remember the shock, the uncertainty, the adjustments, the frantic search for toilet paper, of all things. You remember redecorating your house to create a usable office space and a classroom. You remember organizing your day so that you could do your work and help your children with theirs. You remember the endless days at home. The initial, “Okay, we’ve got this!” feeling soon drifted into, “How long are we really gonna do this?” But you did it. Two weeks turned into a year...or so. And you did it. You made it work! As the world begins to run back to “normal” you aren’t sure if you’re ready for it. You’re not sure you’re ready for what normal used to look like. The good news is, we probably aren’t making a U-turn. We’re pivoting to in-person meetings, and returning to physical office spaces that don’t resemble the dining room table. Read more

It’s a beautiful sunny day, and you’ve decided to take your morning jog to a nearby park rather than circling your neighborhood like always. You pass a child, wobbling on her shiny pink bike, white-knuckled, and determined. Her father walks patiently behind her, one hand on the seat, the other on the handlebar, steadying his daughter as she pedals without the confidence training wheels supplied. You remember the freedom you felt as a kid, soaring around on your bike with your buddies. As you make another lap, you round again on the man and his daughter. This time you slow down to watch as he takes his hands off her bike and cheers on the little girl who gains steadiness and speed with each push on the pedals. This child’s ability to successfully ride her bike is her accomplishment alone. She put in the practice, gained the necessary skills, and achieved her goal. However, the support she received from her father was critical to her success. He made sure she had the tools she needed, understood how to balance and pedal, and gave her encouragement and coaching along the way. Without these things, she might have given up, fallen more often, or taken much longer to successfully ride on her own. Read more

Have you ever taken a spin class? Whether at home on a stationary bike or in a mirrored room filled with people, you know this form of exercise is going to be hard work. The initial pedaling feels like you’re moving the bike through thick mud. You apply so much effort to get the wheels spinning, pressing hard to catch up to the instructor’s speed. Then, once you get moving, the momentum propels the wheels to spin faster with less effort on your part (until the instructor changes the incline). And, unlike a regular bike, when you stop pedaling, the wheels continue to spin. This is known as a flywheel. It makes for a challenging yet rewarding workout. The same is true when the “flywheel effect” is applied to team management. It may be challenging at first, but it is absolutely rewarding. Great effort is needed to get the wheels spinning, but once momentum takes off, your team will go further faster and continue to spin toward success even if you—the manager—take your feet off the pedals. Read more

You know that feeling you get when someone reads something over your shoulder? (Maybe it’s been a while since we’ve all been practicing social distancing for nearly a year!) You instantly become distracted. Your eyes dart, trying to politely discern that someone is in fact invading your personal space. Then you turn, a confused and frustrated look on your face—is this really necessary you wonder? You couldn’t wait until I was finished reading, or finished writing, to read what is on my screen? We almost feel violated when someone breaks into our personal bubble or demands something immediately without giving us the time or space to complete the task alone. Today, managers are learning how to give employees space, trust their productivity, and deflect the temptation to micro-manage. While 42% of employees currently work from home full time, managers must find healthy ways to support their team, or you risk losing your best employees. Read more

Have you ever discounted someone by their communication style? We analyze tone, decipher honesty, and interpret motives when we hear others communicate, especially those in authority. Whether it’s a news reporter, social media influencer, parent, or manager, we quickly decide who is trustworthy, who is authentic, and who is relevant in just a few minutes. If you want to build a team of men and women who trust your leadership, it may be time to adjust your communication tactics. By adopting three simple principles and applying them to both your advertising and internal communication, you’ll see your team support you and your clients champion you. Read more

There’s an episode of the TV show Friends where Phoebe helps Joey make a decision by playing a word association game. She asks Joey a series of simple “would you rather questions” and tells him to answer as quickly as possible. Without time to think, he can express his true feelings and easily make a decision. She starts by asking random things like, “Would you rather eat egg whites or peanut butter?” before asking him the question he’s really trying to answer. As always, it’s comical, but it does make you wonder whether that’s a helpful decision-making tool. When we have time to analyze, we may talk ourselves out of the best answer and find reasons to justify another choice. Let’s try it! In your mind, try to answer the following questions quickly without pausing to consider the pros and cons. First, relax. Take a deep breath, and try to clear your mind. Ready? Read more

It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon, and you’re ten years old. You and your siblings are playing Monopoly, and your sister’s yellow houses are popping up everywhere. It seems like each time you roll the dice you owe her rent. You try to block her, keep her from building hotels, but it’s pointless. She knows the importance of playing the game swiftly and slowly, and she’s undoubtedly reaping the benefits. If you remember the rules of the game, the key is to purchase one piece of property after another within the same color group. Once you own the color group, then you can develop the properties by building houses or hotels. However, it all must be developed equally. For example, you cannot build a second house until you have built one house on every property. When it comes to filling roles in your organization, it’s wise to apply the same concept. Don’t jump ahead. You’ll win when you develop your organization from the ground up, focusing first on the roles that increase productivity. Read more

Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt out of place? It’s as if you have attended a party to which you were accidentally invited. It’s clear you’re not welcome and you’re certainly not included in the conversation. Awkwardness surges through your body as you try to find a place to hide or blend in. Maybe you’re the bold type and call attention to the tension making others laugh nervously. You’re not sure how to respond and neither do the others. Or those who believe you’re stepping into their territory make it clear that your presence isn’t wanted. If this were a birthday party, you would leave. You don’t have to waste your time feeling excluded. But if this were your office? It’s a different story. Read more

Tension hangs in the air. You can’t believe your colleague just said that--at all, let alone in a conference meeting. Most of the men and women sitting around the large wooden table are pretending to look through their notes, some check email on their phone. No one has said a word in what has been the longest minute you’ve ever endured. Maybe you should have been more understanding, given him another chance to speak up before you shut him down. But now you’re too shocked and angry to give him the benefit of the doubt. You’re both staring at one another, playing an unspoken game of “chicken” with your eyes. You dare him to look away as if that will help the situation. You take a deep breath, will your voice to be calm, and conclude the meeting. You ask the others to leave the conference room, but you invite your colleague to stay. His perspective isn’t wrong, but what he said to you was. And you have something to apologize for, too. Through the years, you’ve learned that even though you don’t see eye to eye on an issue, resolving it will be so much more effective than ignoring it. Yes, addressing conflict is a tiresome activity, but not nearly as exhausting as carrying around resentment. You have work to do and this project is more important than your pride. Read more

Have you asked yourself the following questions: ● Am I utilizing my employees correctly? ● Are they in the best position to accomplish the goals of the business? ● Does my staff have healthy communication? ● Do we handle conflict appropriately and effectively? If you’ve contemplated these questions, we believe that taking your team through DiSC Workplace training will give you the answers you need to improve relationships, communication, and job satisfaction in your company. Read more

We all want to be seen and known. It helps us believe that we’re valued. Someone took the time to understand us, to learn more about how we are and what makes us tick. The reverse is also true. You show that you care about someone, even at the most basic level, when you know about more than just their hair color. The DiSC test is one of the most popular and effective personality assessments that helps individuals establish emotional intelligence, uncover their strengths, and learn how to recognize their potential. When you share this information with coworkers and managers, your entire team discovers how to utilize one another better and interact with emotional intelligence. Trinity Training and Development is an authorized partner of Everything DiSC. Through this assessment and the training that accompanies it, you can expect to see increases in both job performance and employee satisfaction. Read more

Austin, TX (June 29, 2020) Front Line Leadership announced today the launch of its new Online Learning Program. The platform provides a viable alternative for organizations when face-to-face classroom delivery is not feasible. “The program utilizes the same content, tools, and structure of our classroom-based program, but provides the flexibility of an easy to use blended learning process when location, cost, or location play a factor in how training is delivered” explained Robert Winter, President of Trinity Training and Development and Front Line Leadership. “We believe our online platform will expand the availability of Front Line to a wider audience, especially those who are new to online learning.” Read more

In today’s social media-driven world and instant updates, good news travels fast, but bad news travels faster. When your company is facing a crisis, eyes are watching; fingertips are ready to alert the Twitterverse of your fate. Will supporters be able to stand by your side and announce that you are expertly leading your team to calmer waters? Or will you falter, allowing the skeptics to pronounce that you’re sinking? The way you respond to the crisis at hand will not only determine you and your company’s reputation, but it will set the precedence for future problems. Three schools of thought will help you evaluate how prepared you are to lead your company in a crisis. We’ll lay them out for you and give you a question to consider so that when a crisis does occur, you’re ready to lead, not just manage your situation. Read more

Zzz. Zzz. Zzz. Your phone vibrates and you glance at the clock. The alarm hasn’t gone off yet, but emails are coming in and your calendar reminds you of today’s deadline and an afternoon meeting. Your mind begins to spin, creating a mental to-do list before your feet hit the floor. You throw on a t-shirt and decide to skip the shower. Duty calls. Ambling into the kitchen, you hardly notice dark coffee percolating on the counter. You sit down at the kitchen table and open your laptop. When you first started working from home, it was a novelty. It created a fresh challenge and gave you a bit of reprieve from the normal stresses of a jam-packed schedule. But 10 weeks later? You’re over it. New stressors threaten your ability to find balance, connection, and motivation. If working from home is still your reality, here are six things you can implement today so that you don’t just survive this time, you thrive in it. Read more

Too many days have passed since you met a new person, let alone spent time with someone who lives outside your home. Is anyone keeping track anymore? Perhaps you’re getting restless. At first, this whole “work from home” situation seemed like a fun challenge or even a nice reprieve. But it probably didn’t take long before you wanted “normal” to return. You’re ready to meet a potential client in person. You want to share a drink or a meal with the person who could help you land the promotion. But with social distancing still enforced in so many places, organically networking feels impossible. Rather than disengaging during this time, we want to help you find new ways to successfully network. Read more

In today’s fast-paced world, the race to be heard above the din of near-constant chatter and onslaught of non-stop information can be brutally tiresome. However, the late, great Stephen Covey said it best, “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” Read more

In a recent Gallup Poll, a staggering 66% of employees are neither engaged nor inspired or worse, actively disengaged at work. Thankfully, the number of engaged and inspired workers is on the rise and sits at the all-time high of 34%, meaning for the 13% of actively disengaged workers in any given business, the fully engaged ones outnumber them almost 3 – 1. The remaining 53% are in the “not engaged” tier and are satisfied generally speaking but have no real connection to their work or workplace so will quickly take another opportunity for a slightly better offer Read more

There are few things that are certain in the world. As said by Benjamin Franklin, “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” However, people are wired to prefer consistency and fear change. In our earliest ancestors, change could lead to detrimental circumstances; weather changes, death, location changes, lack of food and water, new, unknown threats. These realities became hard-wired into our psyche and even now in 2020, the instinctual reaction to change is typically fear. Read more

In today’s workplace, it seems endless hours and constant contact is more the norm that not. To combat the added burden that comes with our advances in technology and constant ability to reach someone, many companies have found ways to put wellness opportunities into their daily workplace. However, research shows nap rooms, yoga classes, fitness facilities, etc. often go underutilized and employee burnout is on the rise. Read more

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”- Michael Jordan The every-man-for-themselves approach to the workplace has been around for ages. With each individual putting forth their best effort while withholding to ensure their abilities outshined that of their teammates… The notion that only one can be the best has outlived its usefulness. Good leaders know that the key to managing a successful team begins and ends with collaboration. Fighting the old notions can be tough, but with a few practical steps creating a collaborative culture can be as easy as 1, 2, 3. Read more

We’ve all been there; the pressure is at an all-time high, your thoughts are going in a million different directions, and one little thing seems to derail your brain and mouth’s ability to communicate. As author of Choke, Sian Beilock teaches, this paralysis occurs when your brain is suddenly overtaxed by worry or pressure leaving you unable to respond to a mental psychological, or emotional challenge in the immediate moment. Read more

All businesses have the ability to work smarter, not harder and come out better than their sum of their collective members’ intelligence and talent, however, many fall short. A collaborative culture sounds simple at its core. A group of people working together in a meaningful way to achieve successful results. Sounds simple, right? Then why do so many organizations struggle and even fail in their marketplaces? Read more

Management styles of yore still lurk in the hallways of business big and small all around the world today. However, with Generation Y beginning to take a larger stake in those same businesses, it may be time for managers to take a look at those traditions and see how to make them work with Generation Y employees. Read more

Benjamin Franklin once penned the phrase, “Tell me and I may forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” When it comes to mentoring, most people think of the benefit laying solely at the feet of the mentored, but the reality is both the mentor and protege have much to gain in this symbiotic relationship. A study conducted by The Association of Talent Development found that 75% of executives credit their success to successful mentors who helped guide, encourage, and mold them into the leaders they currently are, while a staggering 35% of employees credit a lack of mentorship to their renewed job search. Read 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. Read more

Robert Winter will be speaking at the MindLab conference on April 24th in Denver, Colorado. His session will focus on productive conflict, an assessment offered by Wiley/Everything DiSC. He will also discuss his FrontLine Leadership Development Program and how its implementation can help transform your organization's managers into strong leaders. This program has successfully equipped leaders in a wide variety of industries. Read more