by Simone Maus | Jul 7, 2026 | Collaboration
Does your team tell you the truth? Not the polished version. Not the “everything’s fine” answer. The real truth — when something isn’t working, when a decision feels wrong, when someone is drowning but doesn’t know how to say so. If the...
by Simone Maus | May 12, 2026 | Collaboration
Trust doesn’t usually break in one dramatic moment. It erodes — slowly, silently, in the hundred small moments when something needed to be said and wasn’t.And here’s what I’ve learned: most leaders know when trust is broken. They can feel it. What they don’t know is...
by Simone Maus | May 12, 2026 | Collaboration
When trust breaks down in a team, most leaders do one of four things: they withdraw, they control, they avoid, or they people-please.I know this because I’ve done all four. And I’ve watched each one quietly shape the culture around me in ways I didn’t intend.When I...
by Simone Maus | May 12, 2026 | Collaboration
In my NEW book, Launch, expected later this year, I share a model called the Empowered Teams Development Model. It describes four stages every team moves through: Stage 1: Neutral Ground — Everyone is polite, surface-level, cautiously optimistic. Things seem fine, but...
by Simone Maus | May 12, 2026 | Collaboration
Here’s something I see in almost every leadership team I work with: smart, capable people who can’t seem to move forward together.Not because they lack strategy. Not because they lack talent. But because the relationships between them are fractured, and nobody is...
by Simone Maus | Nov 25, 2025 | Collaboration
I work with influential leaders who have big visions and want to make a real difference in the world.They work in the resource sector and other industries where the stakes are high. They love fast decision-making and A-teams that execute their vision flawlessly.But...
