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Emotional Intelligence – Not Just A Buzzword in Business

Business Development, Leadership, People Development, Personal Growth / Nicole Beggs

Elevating Business Success through Emotional Intelligence In the fast-paced world of business, where spreadsheets and strategies dominate the conversation, there’s a silent hero that often goes unnoticed: Emotional Intelligence (EI). As an executive coach and consultant at Meraki Consulting, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative power EI can have on individuals and organizations. Let’s dive into […]

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Why Mindset Should Be Your Top Priority in 2024

Leadership, People Development, Personal Growth / Nicole Beggs

Mindset as a Leadership Tool In the fast-paced world of C-Suite leadership, where the only constant is change, the one factor that can set you apart from the crowd is often overlooked & entirely in your control – is your mindset. As the new year unfolds, and resolutions are set, it’s time for those serious

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How to Use Performance Metrics for Business Development

How to Use Performance Metrics to Catapult Business and People Development

Business Development, Leadership, People Development / Nicole Beggs

Beyond Gut Feelings: The Power of Data-Driven Decision Making You’ve taken the Predictive Index out for a spin, or a similar brand, and you’re armed with a wealth of data about your team. Now what? Beyond merely having the insights, understanding how to utilize performance metrics is the key to propelling your business and people

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What the SWOT?!

Business Development, Leadership / Nicole Beggs

A Deep-dive Into SWOT Analysis – for People As we find ourselves in Q4, destined for the myriad of year end meetings, discussions, and analyses of metrics and economic indicators, have you set aside time to dig into and gauge how you are doing on the often-overlooked people side of things? Not the “check the

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Why Leadership Development is Critical for Business Success

Business Development, Leadership / Nicole Beggs

The Impact on Performance and Culture For organizations to thrive in today’s competitive marketplace, cultivating strong leadership skills at every level is not just an advantage but a necessity. At Meraki Consulting, we recognize the transformative power of leadership development. We firmly believe that empowering your teams with the right leadership skills can be the

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Fixing A Broken Culture - The Cost of Silence

The Cost of Silence: The Unspoken Code [of Managers, not Leaders]

Coaching, Consulting, Leadership, People Development / Nicole Beggs

The Tragic Effects A Broken Culture Plays On Your People Maybe your organization has broken this code and you reap the rewards of a company culture so phenomenal that you effortlessly attract the best of the best, both internally and externally. If every member of your team, every customer you serve, and every third-party vendor

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Strategizing Your Exit: The Imperative of Thoughtful Planning

Coaching, Leadership, Personal Growth / Nicole Beggs

Always Have an Exit Plan. There are very few absolutes in this life… An exit plan is one of them. Actually, several of them; allow me to explain. Invariably, life ushers us through various phases of departure (some planned and some unplanned)—Though seldom a matter of personal choice, those unplanned exits are often the ones

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Building a Legacy – In Business & Life

Coaching, Leadership, Personal Growth / Nicole Beggs

How to Live and Leave Your Mark There’s a question I love to ask at the dinner table or over drinks: You’re on death row and it’s your last meal and last night alive. Early in the morning, the warden comes to your cell and asks what you would like to eat, who you would

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This Still Haunts Me…

Coaching, Leadership, People Development, Personal Growth / Nicole Beggs

The Leadership Mistake I Made That You Can Avoid. We’ve all been there at some point in our career…we are on a team or in a department, whose leader leaves a bit to be desired. Maybe they’re disorganized. Possibly they have toxic traits that permeate the culture. Or they mean well, but they just lack

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Jason G.

May 2, 2024.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Nicole as a consultant, trainer, and administrator of Predictive Index for both for-profit and non-profit entities. In both cases, the PI software proved to have an immediate impact on my teams With the non-profit organization, we used PI to evaluate both our board members and frontline outreach teams. The PI data was used to better align our board committees and to give our executive director an easy-to-read playbook for managing the diverse personalities and motivations of a growing board. I’m unaware of what other tools could have given us the deep insights we got from PI, and they came at a critical time. It was indeed a blessing. With our outreach teams, PI gave us the same level of operational management insight. We were also able to leverage the software as a screening tool within our hiring process. Nicole trained several of our board members and team leads on the software so that we had the working knowledge to access and integrate the many recommendations into our daily workflows. Due to the successful implementation with the non-profit, I introduced Nicole to the HR manager at my employer. I suggested an in-house demo with one of our teams that needed some tweaking following a recent expansion. There was some hesitation, even a little pushback. Some team members felt we were “too busy” even to take the questionnaire, let alone roll out whatever new practices it would recommend. What’s rewarding about PI is that the whole system initiates with two simple questions. Even those in opposition had to yield to its simplicity. From there, it was a similar experience as that with the non-profit. The “work-style” assessments were incredibly accurate, and they immediately helped the team’s directors identify the sources of common tension points within the group. I left that organization for a C-level position with another company, and I was able to perform the same team and organizational assessments for my new group. Consistently, PI delivered the relevant insights to empower us as leaders to get the most out of our group. Beyond that, the PI assessments spotlight what our organization is presently set up to accomplish vs. what we, as leaders, have defined as our organizational goals. That distinction is invaluable and eye-opening as we focus our strategic plans. Far more than the value of the software, Nicole’s expertise, generosity, patience, and compassionate nature have been instrumental in helping our teams understand and adopt the PI recommendations. We operate in a competitive industry, and people management has never been as challenging as now with the recent shifts in the labor market. I’m thankful to have PI as a tool and Meraki as a partner to help us be more skillful and efficient in our people management, which, of course, translates directly to the successful delivery of our products and services.

T.H., Non-profit

January 6, 2024.

The depth of Nicole’s heart is unmeasurable. I met her for the first time in a parking lot unloading necessities for a group of young people who were searching for guidance and in need of necessities. Her giving didn’t stop there. She continued to bless our non-profit with her gifts and resources. Two years later she is pouring into our organization with her wisdom, using the Predictive Index to build a foundation that has taken our non-profit to stages that a “new” and “small” non-profit can only dream and hope for. Her wisdom, gifts, and talents have changed our organization! We doubled our guesstimated reach of serving vulnerable youth this year, youth that are wandering our streets, in the community we call home, searching for someone who will show them their worth. Our mission is that no youth will journey life on their own without a consistent, healthy adult beside them. Meraki Consulting Partner is walking beside our team and we are so deeply grateful, as is our community and the youth we’re currently serving and will serve! Thank you!

P.C. ,Travel

December 15, 2023.

“I have gone into a coaching session completely broken and in tears. Everything seemed to be going wrong in my life and work was a nightmare. Nicole listened to everything I said and even brought things to my attention that I had never really thought about. By the end of our session, I was laughing and had a game plan for tackling issues at work and home.”

D.R., Engineer

October 12, 2023.

"Nicole is undaunted in her approach to breaking down the barriers of limiting beliefs. Thanks to her I have a new appreciation for my strengths and talents and the desire to grow even more than I have already.”

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