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I Bet You Have Never Applauded on a Video Call
How do you virtually celebrate success? Why not a round of applause on a video call. I dare you to integrate this into your workplace culture.
Does Your Culture Handcuff or Unleash Your Talent?
High potential employees thrive in a culture that unleashes their talents and they get frustrated and leave organizations that constrain them.
Iconic Core Values
Utilizing icons can help bring your organization’s core values to life. Iconography is a simple way to illustrate the meaning behind your core values.
12 HR Terms You are Probably Not Familiar with That Can Improve Your Business
12 Human Resources terms that can improve your business results. Let your company’s vocabulary drive your culture and your business intentions.
Crossboarding Internal Talent Moves
Crossboarding is the act of onboarding internal talent moves. Setting employees up for success whether they are new hires from the outside or transfers within an organization is critical.
Office Monsters or Culture Crusaders?
If you want employees to return to the office are you framing the ask properly? CNBC has been calling Wall Street CEOs Office Monsters. What if they referred to them as Culture Crusaders instead and focused on the positives? Would that change the dialogue?
The Great Resignation is the Ideal Time To Forwardfill Roles in your Organization
With the great resignation challenging businesses, now is the ideal time to forwardfill open roles in your organization.
C Players in the C-Suite
Is your company’s C-suite filled with top talent or is your organization held back by mediocre talent at the top? Why does this happen and how can companies break the cycle?
There Are No Trading Deadlines in Business
Sports teams create advantage through constant personnel moves. Business teams tend to play multiple seasons with the same team. Are there lessons to be learned from the sports model?
Is Your Organization A Negatively or Positively Charged Talent Magnet?
Understanding why people quit jobs is critical to building a positively charged talent magnet for your organization. Managers who invest in their people and understand the drivers of engagement attract rather than repel talent. How do your managers stack up? We offer some tactics to drive positive talent magnetism.
Investing In Your Team Has The Best ROI
An investment in the team provides the greatest ROI for a small investment. Choosing how to spend limited resources to create the greatest leverage is the job of every business leader.
What an Interview with a 14 Year Old Teaches about Servant Leadership
While helping to select mentors for The Sandbox non-profit, I learned a valuable lesson from a 14 year old mentor candidate. Serving others is the key to effective leadership and our youth understand it, but adults often forget the power of servant leadership.
Why Employee Engagement Is So Critical During COVID-19
Employee engagement is critical during a crisis. This is the time for leaders to step up. Driving employee engagement during the Coronovirus requires a focus on communications, empathy and true leadership.
Now is The Time To Lead With Empathy- Lessons from Post 9/11 Downsizings
These are going to be trying times. The best leaders will lead with empathy. Having led significant downsizing post 9/11 I have some lessons learned to share in this post.
Work From Home Strategies for Employers- WBTV On Your Side
Making work from home work for your organization.
Replacing the Corporate Ladder with a Career Scaffold
Forget the corporate ladder and replace it with a career scaffold. Building stronger lateral foundations allow employees to progress further in their careers
Honesty is a Rare Brew These Days
Honest is a rare thing in this day and age. When you come across someone with high integrity it makes you take notice.