by Florin Lungu | Mar 5, 2025 | Communication, Team Dynamics & Culture, Trust
Picture This… You’re in a leadership meeting. The project timeline is tight. The stakes are high. You lay out the plan, breaking it down step by step. When you finish, you scan the room. No one challenges it. No one pushes back. A few nods, a few quiet agreements. You...
by Florin Lungu | Feb 25, 2025 | Bridging Leadership Gaps, Leading for Performance, Team Dynamics & Culture, Trust
It’s Monday morning. The air in the conference room is heavy. The team sits around the table, eyes darting, shoulders tense. The last project didn’t hit its targets. Silence stretches. Then, the excuses begin. “We didn’t get the right data on time.” “Marketing dropped...
by Florin Lungu | Feb 24, 2025 | Leadership Strategies, Trust
Picture this. A leader steps into a meeting room, armed with data, deadlines, and a clear action plan. The team listens, nods, and takes notes. But after the meeting, nothing changes. Decisions drag. Deadlines slip. People seem disengaged. Now, imagine another leader...
by Florin Lungu | Feb 17, 2025 | Communication, Leadership Strategies, Trust
Imagine stepping into a meeting with your team, ready to introduce a game-changing idea. You’ve done your research, gathered data, and structured your proposal. As you present it, you expect engagement – excitement, even. Instead, you’re met with polite nods. A...
by Florin Lungu | Dec 3, 2024 | Coaching & Mentoring, Employee Engagement, Trust
When I started my career, I expected my 1:1 meetings with my manager to be insightful, growth-focused, and engaging. But what I got instead was far from that vision. We didn’t meet often—weeks, sometimes months, would pass without a conversation. And when we did sit...
by Florin Lungu | Nov 28, 2024 | Leadership, Team Dynamics & Culture, Trust
I recently worked with a leader who had just stepped into a challenging new role. Let’s call him John. John was excited. He had inherited a high-performing engineering team tasked with delivering a critical product launch. But the honeymoon phase didn’t last long....
