Does Your Organization Follow the Core Values and Culture You Preach?  

Hands-down, company culture matters to your current employees and the ones you hope to hire more than just about anything else. Company culture is that set of core belief systems and the behaviors that drive them. Every company has some kind of culture, whether it’s good, productive, and supportive, or whether it’s bad, unproductive, and destined to […]

Bad Hiring or Bad Training?

When a new hire is underperforming or otherwise not fitting in with the team, the temptation is probably to assume it’s just a “bad hire.” But are you completely certain that you’ve given the employee enough training and support? Are you sure they just weren’t overloaded with responsibilities before they were ready? We have some […]

How to Prioritize Your Health at Work

The one, and possibly only, benefit that a global pandemic brought us was a greater awareness of the importance of our health. Americans need this—particularly at work—where tradition rewards long hours and heavy workloads as a sign of our success.  Prioritizing Your Health at Work is Important Can you even prioritize your health in these […]

Know How to Support Your Team in Times of Need

The past two years have been tumultuous, to say the least. We’ve all made it through a lot, but it’s put a strain on the relationships that bonded our teams together during COVID. For managers, supporting teams during these times of need is particularly important for employee productivity and retention. What can you do to […]

Are You Dismissive of Employee Concerns?

The Harvard Business Review recently published the results of a study that looked closely at why managers employees’ ideas. The data tells us that managers make big mistakes when not listening to the concerns of their employees because organizations innovate and perform more effectively when these ideas are listened to and sometimes acted on. Employee input […]

Got a Job You Aren’t Sure You Are Actually Qualified to Do?

In the world of business, there is always an element of “fake it till you make it.” However, there may come a point in your job where you’re left wondering if you can pull this off. It happens. You may just focus on landing a job that you fail to realize the reality that you […]