Celebrate Archives - Coach Dan Estby

You’re Getting Faster. Is Your Team Getting Lonelier?

TLDR; Shifting your team from “doers” to “directors” is the right move — but it comes with a hidden cost nobody is talking about: the social fabric of your team is quietly fraying. New research confirms that adding AI to a human team measurably reduces cohesion, trust, and shared identity. Your next leadership challenge isn’t just what your…

April 11, 2026

Celebrate “bad news,” it only makes us better!

tldr; The “agile mindset” means treating suboptimal results, negative feedback, and missed goals not as failures, but as invaluable data points and opportunities for improvement. Key takeaway: Leaders must foster a culture of Psychological Safety where teams are encouraged, not punished, to be transparent about disappointing results. Actionable steps: Use “bad news” to get curious, hypothesize, adjust strategy (pivot), and measure…

November 22, 2025

Happy National Awkward Moments Day

🥳 Happy National Awkward Moments Day! – March 18Celebrate the day by Seeing the humor in awkward moments and have fun with them. Being vulnerable –Share stories about our own awkward moments with your team. Laugh over them and enjoy the memory. Helping someone else recover from an awkward moment. They may be embarrassing…

March 18, 2025

Happy National Barbeque Day

Happy National BBQ Day

May 16, 2022

Next steps on the journey…

If y’all have been paying attention, I often refer to our transformations, or any change really, as a journey. I like that word because it involves the idea of something that takes time and is full of possibilities. Something that could be exciting and full of adventure. It’s a little bit mysterious because of the…

May 11, 2022

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