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Client Spotlight With Michael Lawrence, Fox Factory

What does Fox Factory do and how would you describe your role? Fox Factory is an outdoor enthusiast company. That’s not our actual title, but we’re all about the outdoors. So that goes from doing the shocks and things that we do for vehicles to upfitting vehicles all the way over into our new venture […]

November 19, 2024 View Article

An Exclusive Interview With TLG Consultant, Josh Turknett, MD

As a neurologist with experience in understanding how the human brain functions, how do you view the intersection of artificial intelligence and human cognition? There are a lot of different ways you might address that question, but I think one is just that we know that this technology is going to touch pretty much every […]

November 19, 2024 View Article

An Exclusive Interview With TLG Coach, Patricia Thompson, Phd

What makes some conversations more difficult than others, and why do we so often avoid discussing difficult issues? I have found that the most challenging conversations are often those where we anticipate potential conflict, especially if we expect an emotional reaction from the other person. We might worry about hurting their feelings, surprising them, or […]

October 17, 2024 View Article

Client Spotlight With Doug Ross, Synergis CEO & Founder

What does Synergis do and how would you describe your role? Well, essentially what we do is we’re in the staffing business. What that means is that we provide clients with experienced talent to staff various projects, vacancies, different initiatives, or sometimes to fill a skill gap within a company. We tend to work with […]

October 14, 2024 View Article

An Exclusive Interview With TLG Coach, Cindy Cheatham, MBA

How would you describe the key differences between traditional management practices and the modern approach we see today? Traditional management is, in its very traditional form, more around monitoring, checking in, managing performance, supervising giving and receiving feedback, helping develop expertise. And it’s evolved. There’s still some of that, of course, supervisory management, but it’s […]

September 24, 2024 View Article

Tim Huff, President & CEO, TLG Dekalb Chamber of Business Interview

In this interview, Tim Huff, CEO of Turknett Leadership Group, offers insights into the core elements of sustainable business success and the pivotal role of leadership in achieving it. Tim emphasizes the fundamental importance of leadership character, highlighting integrity, respect, and responsibility as essential traits for effective leadership. He elaborates on Turknett’s efforts to disseminate […]

May 22, 2024 View Article

Managing Volunteers

Lyn Turknett Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG What’s the biggest problem you’ve ever had managing volunteers? If you’ve ever been a volunteer and have let a volunteer commitment slip to meet a “real work” deadline, you likely know what most people answer: holding people accountable when you have no authority over them. Interestingly, though, that […]

April 30, 2024 View Article

LeadHERship Lounge Podcast

Welcome to the LeadHERship Lounge, a restorative space for women who embrace leading and learning. Each episode is brought to you by the Turknett Leadership Group and hosted by Anne Quiello, an executive coach and leadership development consultant. Stay tuned for inspiring and informative interviews with experts in leadership, especially if you’re seeking to be […]

April 3, 2023 View Article

Work-life Balance Vs. Work-life Integration

By Susan Hitchcock Founder & Host Emerita of Women in Leadership First and foremost, I gave up long ago on pursuing a “work-life balance.” It’s a myth, and as a goal, it sets you up for failure and lots of guilt. In my early career in the corporate world, I experienced very little balance. While […]

February 23, 2023 View Article

Ditching the Balancing Act by Integrating Work with Life

By Lyn Turknett Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG Work-life balance implies that we have two things we are keeping in balance. We have to work, but we hope to also have some time for “life.” Work-life integration recognizes that we have one precious life, which is filled with many things, and one of them is work. […]

February 23, 2023 View Article