Raise The Bar Consulting

12/02/2022

Nothing like a cold 🥶 plunge to start your day!

What are you doing today to get out of your comfort zone?

11/15/2022

It’s halfway thru November and 2022 is nearly over. Have you accomplished all that you hoped to this year?

And if you did hit your goals, did you have to work ungodly hours to do so?

I'm not a believer in Hustle Culture - instead, I believe in maximizing your time and working smarter.

And I'm a staunch advocate of taking time away to refresh, re-energize and cultivate other hobbies outside of work - and not just me, but my whole team as well.

But you must be intentional and strategic about the use of your time in order to do this.

Join me on Thursday, 11/17 at noon CST for a Raise The Bar Community Workshop on Maximizing Your Time. In this interactive workshop, I'll explore tools for taking control of your schedule and using it in the most effective way possible.

Now because our Community Workshops are interactive and participatory, we don't ever record them -- we want to provide space for our leaders to be vulnerable and open.

We do send the slides out to all who register, though.

Save your spot - link is in bio. And feel free to share it with your team.

It's time to take control of 2023 and make the most of your days!

04/12/2022

We are so excited to celebrate Heather Blonsky, our new Chief Operating Officer at Raise The Bar Consulting!

Heather joined us over two years ago as the Head of Operations, and since then, she's brought her visionary thinking to help us scale exponentially in a thoughtful and intentional manner.

In a startup company just over 5 years old, Heather's contribution has been instrumental in helping us grow to the next level. She's built processes from the ground up, helped refine our training and methods, and make sure our leader experience has been nothing but stellar. And all this thru a pandemic, in which we had to quickly pivot.

Heather has really been working on herself to become an even more impactful leader, one who not only coaches and grows her team but takes a larger perspective of the business when making crucial decisions.

Congratulations Heather!!!!

Pictured: Heather enjoying some hiking and nature in Tucson on a recent vacation.

12/01/2021

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, for a Live Podcast episode on building and scaling startups with serial entrepreneur and TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World Sam Yagan!

If you’ve ever used an online dating app, consulted an online study resource, or shopped online, you may have come into contact with one of his iconic startups. Sam is the Co-Founder of SparkNotes & OkCupid; Former CEO of Match Group & ShopRunner; and currently the Co-Founder & CEO of Corazon Capital.

We are incredibly honored to interview Sam on how he built these businesses and learn from his insights and wisdom!

Join us for this special event and ask Sam questions in real time!

Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1616359530747/WN_BiQpVUlzSKurwyI-RWnYfg

A recording of the event will be sent out to all who registered - so even if you can't make it live, sign up anyway!!

10/19/2021

Calling all People Leaders! Im hosting a panel discussion today and discussing how to build a training program for your managers - and therefore help transform your company’s culture. Our three panelists will share their strategies, tips and challenges as they built the Manager experience roadmap at three high growth tech companies!

We are going live at noon CST and we will send out a recording to all who sign up!

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9816327800192/WN_V_hlwA-xQWCW_UjDhBMXKA

07/26/2021

We are celebrating! We have officially coached over 500 managers all time through our Team Training and Bootcamps - a huge benchmark!

And we continue to see exponential growth - we've already trained as many leaders halfway thru 2021 as we did in all of 2020.

Our Founder & CEO, Aaron Levy, started Raise The Bar because he saw much discontent, job hopping, and overall job dissatisfaction among peers in his age group.

As he dove deeper into the work, he realized that organizations were experiencing something equally disturbing - they were investing funds into hiring and training talented employees, only to see them leave. Their quick fix often was to engage employees with quick promotions, unlimited vacation days, ping pong tables and free Lacroix and beer on tap, rather than addressing the real problem.

The single biggest point of leverage impacting the employee experience is their manager. And when you have a bad or ineffective manager, it impacts your whole employee experience as well as overall productivity.

At Raise The Bar, we have dedicated our work to helping empower managers with the tools, skills, and habits to be leaders of people. To coach each team member to reach their full potential.

Join us in our movement to create a better workplace! We currently are filling up our last sessions of the year, which begin in September. Or you can start 2022 off right and enroll in our Q1 session next year.

More information here:

We empower organizations & managers with the tools, skills, and training to unlock the potential of their teams.

05/25/2021

How do we change - ourselves, our organizations, our systems? Join this rockstar panel for a valuable discussion as we reimagine the way we think, act, and lead others.

Register here - a recording will be sent out to all who register, even if you can't attend live: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtcO6grTwsEtE7pi78GKN4CMbdIbcKAFrC

01/26/2021

I have this crazy vision of workplace; one in which your manager doesn't suck. A workplace where instead of being the reason you quit, your job is actually the reason you stay. A workplace where your managers are actually your coaches, helping you to reach your full potential at work.

I founded Raise The Bar Consulting, wrote the book Open, Honest, and Direct, and started The Open Honest and Direct Podcast to help companies transform their workplace by creating an environment where both the company and employees succeed.

My WHY is to transform the manager role – by empowering each manager with the tools, skills, and habits to be leaders of people.

It’s not enough for a manager to know what it takes to be a leader, rather it’s about them moving from knowledge to action and adopting the habits of a leader.

What's your WHY?

Join the movement here: https://www.raisebar.co/bootcamp

Read more here: https://openhonestanddirect.com/home/why-leadership-training-doesnt-work/

Unlock the passion and commitment of your people.

01/02/2021

In the past year, Raise The Bar Consulting has graduated 157 leaders from our Leadership Bootcamp and Team Training - a 30% increase over last year's numbers! And in our strategic planning for the business for the next three years, our team committed to training 1,000 leaders in the year 2023.

We are on a mission to help change the world of work. To make the workplace more meaningful and with purpose.

Congratulations to all of our 2020 leaders - we are proud of your commitment and action!

Want to be a part of this movement? Learn more here: https://www.raisebar.co/bootcamp

10/26/2020

Calling all people leaders and leaders of people! This Thursday, our Founder & CEO Aaron Levy will be interviewing the pioneer behind psychological safety, Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School, on our very FIRST live episode of The Open, Honest, and Direct Podcast!

Amy is an author, has done several wonderful TED talks, and has authored many articles about teaming and psychological safety in the workplace, including her work in Google's Project Aristotle.

Join us for the live podcast and ask your questions live! If you can't make it, sign up anyway, as we will send out the raw recording.

RSVP here:

We are so thrilled to have Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and foremost expert on Psychological Safety for a special live podcast. Amy pioneered the concept of psychological safety in the workplace and its impact on business performance.....

09/09/2020

Calling all People Leaders!!

I'm hosting a workshop on Why Leadership Training Doesn’t Work, designed specifically with you in mind.

Why? Because the current model for leadership training is broken. Simply learning what to do over the course of one to two days doesn’t lead to managers behaving differently in the long run.

In this workshop, we’ll talk about why leadership training doesn’t work, go over a model of leadership training that does work, and give you a roadmap for equipping your leaders with the most essential leadership skills for business & team performance.

This workshop is designed for anyone who is tasked with developing your organization's leaders; whether that be Chiefs of People, HR, CEOs, or startup leaders.

Register for the virtual workshop here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkduyqpjgtGdDDqqZbIU-e4CTZbopk9DQG

08/05/2020

Don't try to be someone you're not - instead be your authentic self.

Did your leadership style adapt during the pandemic?

You’ll need to adjust your actions and strategy based on this new reality, but that doesn’t mean you have to change who you are. Instead, follow these steps to give your business the best chance to survive and thrive.