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Conversation as Culture: How Leaders Can Heal Teams Before the Holidays As the holidays approach, many organizations focus on bonuses, celebrations, and end-of-year results — but few focus on something just as important: conversation. Leadership expert and mediator Kendria Taylor, President of TG8 Solutions Insight, has built her career around helping leaders transform how they communicate, connect, and collaborate. For her, conversation isn’t just a workplace skill — it’s a

Reflective Leadership: What Your 2025 Strategy Is Missing In a world that rewards speed, few leaders make time to think deeply. Yet reflection — intentional, structured self-examination — remains one of the most powerful tools a leader can use to grow, adapt, and lead with authenticity. Leadership expert and mediator Kendria Taylor, founder of TG8 Solutions, believes reflection is not optional for modern leaders — it’s essential. It’s also one of the top tools her firm uses t

The Burnout Rebellion: Helping Leaders Reclaim Joy Before Year-End As the year winds down, many leaders are running on empty. Strategic planning, performance reviews, and holiday pressures collide, leaving even the most capable professionals mentally and emotionally depleted. But leadership expert and mediator Kendria Taylor believes burnout isn’t a sign of weakness — it’s a signal. In her Bold Journey interview , Taylor reflected on her own professional evolution and how res

The Gratitude Gap: Why Thankfulness Is a Leadership Strategy, Not a Soft Skill When leaders think of performance metrics, gratitude rarely makes the list — but perhaps it should. As the season of thanks arrives, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on the human heartbeat of every organization: people. In her Bold Journey interview , leadership expert and mediator Kendria Taylor shared how empathy and gratitude drive her mission to eradicate psychological harm in the workplace.

Psychological Safety, Stage by Stage: A Path ICs Can Actually Walk Even capable individual contributors hesitate to manage when it feels...

Feedback Is the Bridge: Preparing ICs to Lead Through Conversations   One quiet reason individual contributors hesitate to move into...

From IC to Leader: Why “The Curious Mindset” Is the First Step High-performing individual contributors (ICs) often stall before...

The Real Reasons Individual Contributors Say “No” to Management—and How Training Removes Each Barrier If your best people aren’t moving...

The Art of Adaptivity – Why Leaders Must Flex Their Conflict Styles Conflict management is not one-size-fits-all. Leaders who cling to a...

Building High Conflict Intelligence – The Leadership Superpower for the Future of Work Conflict is not going away. In fact, as hybrid...

Leading for Generational Peace – Why Conflict Intelligence Matters Now More Than Ever When we talk about legacy, most leaders think of...

Leading Through Change: How Communication Shapes Resilient Teams In 2025, change isn’t coming — it’s already here, and it’s moving faster...

Overcoming Skills Disruption: How to Skill, Reskill, and Lead for the Future The workforce of 2025 faces a challenge bigger than talent...

How to Retain Talent in a Time of Unprecedented Shortages — and Why Communication is Your Secret Weapon Global and national workforce...

Play It Forward: How Childhood Habits and Play Shape Conflict at Work One of my favorite questions to ask during TG8 training sessions is...

Better Together—How Play Boosts Collaboration in the Workplace Collaboration isn't just a buzzword or a checkbox on a performance...

Play Is Serious Business—Why Play at Work is Needed for Effective Communication  When was the last time your team shared a genuine...

From Numbers to Narrative: How AI Really Adds Value to Training At its simplest, AI augments human judgment in three cascading waves....

People Sustainability: How to Retain — and Sustain — Your Talent Earlier this year I sat on a panel for the International Association of...

Leading Human to Human: Why Human-Centered Leadership Is the New Competitive Advantage The industrial-era notion of leadership—top-down...