Two-Way Communication: Engagement Series
Communication is most likely the single skill to build if you want to be an effective leader. Without excellent communication skills you...
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The Gapology Angle is our blog that takes everyday topics that leaders face in their typical workplace and uses the power of Gapology, IMBAR, and Speed of Purpose to address them. With our systematic, strategic methods, you will find clear solutions to any obstacle you may be facing.
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Brian Brockhoff
- Sep 20
- 3 min
Teaching + Mentoring: Engagement Series
In the typical employee lifecycle, there are many assumptions made by leaders. We assume that our new team members smoothly onboard to...
Brian Brockhoff
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Creating an Engagement Rhythm: Engagement Series
It has been shown that engagement is the key to longevity in employment. Engaged employees are happier and feel that they contribute at a...
Brian Brockhoff
- Aug 10
- 3 min
DABA Change Ladder: Connection Series
Change happens. It happens for our team, and it happens for us. How they, and we, move through the change can often define who we are and...
Brian Brockhoff
- Aug 2
- 4 min
The Commitment Ladder: Connection Series
Our team connects with us and the things we are asking them to do at varying levels. This connection drives their commitment level, which...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jul 26
- 2 min
The Habit Ladder: Connection Series
Creating connections begins in the early stages of an employee’s journey with your organization. It starts even before your interview...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jul 20
- 3 min
Knowing-Doing-Being: Connection Series
Achieving a state of “Being” is a lofty but rather achievable goal for your team members. The important thing to consider is your role in...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Talent x Mindset = Performance: Connection Series
When looking at Performance, there are many available angles to consider. Among the top are levels of Talent and levels of Mindset. Each...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Connection
Connecting with the people you lead is a fundamental yet critical part of your role as a leader. Remaining distant and disconnected is a...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Creating a Culture of Growth: Culture Series
We all want to grow. Whether in our personal lives or within the scope of our work, growth is essential to staying effective, efficient,...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Creating a Culture of Action-Based Analysis: Culture Series
What do you do with all the information compiled into your weekly reports? Is it just ink on paper, or do you create real action from it?...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Creating a Culture of Communication: Culture Series
How we communicate matters as much as what we communicate. Our methods and vehicles of communication deliver messages that connect our...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 18
- 2 min
Creating a Culture of Winning: Culture Series
Creating a culture of winning is a process, not a destination. It is a continuous, ever-evolving environment intentionally built through...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 17
- 2 min
Leadership Rhythm
Winning leaders have a rhythm. They define and establish predictable behaviors and then build them into their cadence. These behaviors...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 11
- 2 min
Creating a Culture of Purpose: Culture Series
Culture in any organization isn’t a rock-solid, steadfast entity. It is a living, breathing environment that ebbs and flows along with...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 3
- 3 min
Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow: IMBAR Mapping Series
Creating the career of your dreams requires a firm understanding of your past and, even more importantly, your present. To get to where...
Brian Brockhoff
- Apr 26
- 3 min
What's Your Story?: IMBAR Mapping Series
Each of us has a story. We are writing a narrative every day that defines our lives. Many of us are not even aware of this fact, and as a...
Brian Brockhoff
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Executive Impact: IMBAR Series
Like it or not, your IMBAR impacts your team. Your Identity, Mindset, and Behaviors create the Actions and Results that the team...
Brian Brockhoff
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Momentum
When looking at creating sustainable action in your team, you must consider momentum. Understanding it and analyzing how it affects your...
Brian Brockhoff
- Apr 5
- 2 min
The Pathway of Transformation: IMBAR Mapping Series
Thought comes before performance. Identity comes before that. How we see ourselves is foundational to the things we do and the outcomes...
Brian Brockhoff
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Making Meetings Effective: Emerging Leaders Series
“Meeting Fatigue.” Ever heard of it? Ever experienced it? Today, many corporate organizations feature a “meeting culture” where meetings...
Brian Brockhoff
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Setting the Bar: Emerging Leaders Series
Where is your bar? Do you know? The “Bar” in this context is the level of expectation for performance that you are going after. Often,...
Brian Brockhoff
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Reduce Stress with Leadership Rhythm: An Emerging Leaders Episode
When we are in a support role as individual contributors, we all experience stress at a certain level. We need to accomplish, work...
Brian Brockhoff
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Self-Development: Emerging Leaders Series
Personal and professional growth sits at the heart of winning leadership. Just as the Knowledge Gap is the first Performance Gap we must...
Brian Brockhoff
- Feb 8
- 2 min
Accountability: Emerging Leaders Series
Accountability is a tricky thing to get right. Come on too strong, and you risk alienating the team and breaking apart any positive...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Expectations: Emerging Leaders Series
Many areas of leadership can present roadblocks to success for new, emerging leaders as they tackle the challenge of moving from...
Brian Brockhoff
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
EDGE: Emerging Leaders Series
Emerging Leaders, today’s young or inexperienced leaders, often face incredible challenges in the workplace and their careers. Between...
Brian Brockhoff
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
100% Execution on KPIs that Matter
In business, we have many metrics to measure every aspect of our activities. We have things that measure input, output, effort,...
Brian Brockhoff
- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
Teachable Points of View To Create Action
Creating action in a team doesn’t always require big, dramatic training events or meetings. Teams often respond best when a leader steps...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
Becoming a Leader...with Knowledge, Importance, and Action
As individual contributors, it is often “hit or miss” when receiving individualized, dedicated training and a focused effort to develop...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jul 22, 2022
- 3 min
Becoming a Leader... with Identity
Our focus determines our behaviors. This much is clear. What determines our focus? Well, that is the million-dollar question that all...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Becoming a Leader... with Purpose
We all start someplace. In our careers, most of us began working as individual contributors. This is not a manager or leader of other...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jun 27, 2022
- 2 min
Leading in Trust
Trust in the workplace is essential to the overall organization’s success, and although most people would agree with its importance, it...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
Conflict Mediation
We all face conflict at one time or another in our careers. Whether it is with a peer, a colleague, or even our boss, the conflict can...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jun 14, 2022
- 2 min
Creating Versatility in Leadership
In an environment of agile workforces, hybrid schedules, and a plethora of side hustles, we are being pushed further and further in the...
Brian Brockhoff
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
Choosing to Be Successful... Somewhere Else
Reaching the goals we set for ourselves largely comes down to the choices that we make. Every step on our journey determines the next one...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
LEADING WITH THE 4 C's - A Conversation with Coach Cabrina McLain
Last week I was blessed with the opportunity to finally have a conversation with the amazing Coach Cabrina McLain on our podcast,...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
Purposeful People Analytics
One important action that all of us, as leaders, need to perform on a regular basis is the analysis of our team. It may sound strange at...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
Empathetic Leadership
When thinking about traits of strong, effective leadership, “empathy” may not be the first word that comes to mind, in fact, it may be...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min
Future-Focused Strategic Thinking
The future is built one moment at a time. One decision, one behavior, one action at a time. The culmination of these instances gets...
Brian Brockhoff
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
Leading Through Change
Change is a necessary part of life. Why do we, as human beings, struggle with it so? This is a situation that organizations routinely...
Brian Brockhoff
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Creating an Inclusive Workplace Culture
Have you ever felt like an outsider? How about within your own organization? Almost everyone at one time or another has felt like they...
Brian Brockhoff
- Apr 11, 2022
- 2 min
When MORE is LESS
We discuss how overdoing meetings, establishing too many KPI’s, and trying to focus on a plethora of seemingly equal priorities actually dim
Brian Brockhoff
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
Wake-Up Calls: A Conversation with Kim Rooney
Have you ever received a wake-up call in your life or your career that you didn’t respond to right away and it ended up knocking you...
Brian Brockhoff
- Mar 28, 2022
- 2 min
Developing Organizational Talent
Interviewing new candidates is a necessary element of any business, but there is another way to fill empty spots on your team and that is...
Brian Brockhoff
- Mar 21, 2022
- 3 min
Getting It Done Today
What if we had to do it today? What if we had to hire that person today? What if we had to sell that item today? What if we had to finish...
Brian Brockhoff
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
Elevating Engagement
When considering how to move a team to take action on the most important elements of your business, there isn’t a better place to start...
Brian Brockhoff
- Mar 7, 2022
- 3 min
Talent Acquisition: A Conversation with Natalie A. Smith
This week I had the tremendous pleasure of hosting our Gapology Radio podcast with a very special guest, Natalie A. Smith. Natalie is the...
Brian Brockhoff
- Feb 28, 2022
- 3 min
Removing Underperformers... The Right Way
Underperformers need to go. There is no room on our team for them. Right? Well, let’s look at this through a Gapology lens. While...
Brian Brockhoff
- Feb 20, 2022
- 3 min
Overcoming Obstacles
An interesting bias I see in the leadership world, especially with inexperienced leaders, is seeing obstacles as purely a bad thing....
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