Addressing Workplace Zombies and Promoting Engagement One Person at a Time By Kate Zabriskie Zombies in the workplace are soul-sucking, money-draining, productivity-killing entities that chip away at an organization’s spirit and its engagement levels one convert at a time. These creatures often look like the rest of us, but deep down they’re cancerous beasts that […]
By John Carrozza When hiring a new person into your organization, it’s very likely that you will review their resume, CV or professional profile and assess how their experience might apply to what your team needs. This is a very logical approach to assessing talent. However, when you look at how quickly the skills to […]
7 Steps to Move from Confrontation to Conversation By Dr. David Chinsky Feedback is a gift that anchors your relationships in honesty. Everyone depends upon the feedback they receive to appreciate and reinforce their areas of strength, and to identify areas for personal and professional growth and development. While there is no question that many […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD As I look back, I see how things have changed. I have changed, my family has changed, technologies have changed, my business has changed, and the industries I work in have changed. In today’s business environment, a culture of change is essential for every organization. In my younger days, I […]
Having a Variety of Diversity at Your Company Can Have a Big Impact on Your Success By Jeremy Eskenazi Is your team diverse? Do you invest to ensure your team reflects the needs and attitudes of your customers and clients? They need to reflect the communities your employees live, work in, and provide services to. […]
7 Steps to Turn Employee Potential into Performance By Brad Wolff Imagine on Monday, you discover that your meticulous, rule-following accountant and creative, eccentric marketing person have switched positions. How’s this likely to work out? In truth, some variation of this misalignment is common in most organizations. The Waybeloe Potential Corporation was operating at the […]
Prioritizing People over Profits By John Waid How human are you? At work do you care more about profits or people? In sales, are you and the company more interested in making quota than taking care of the customer? If you’re being honest, business today is about profits over people and quotas over customers. So […]
By Brad Wolff Most companies struggle with employee disengagement. It’s costly in productivity, profitability and stress. Gallup’s engagement survey data published in 2017 found that 2/3 of U.S. workers are not engaged. American companies have invested billions of dollars per-year for many years to solve this problem. The results? The needle still hasn’t moved. How […]
Ten Steps to Better Hiring By Kate Zabriskie I don’t understand what happened. He Difference interviewed so well. But its six months later, and it’s obvious. He’s not a good fit. We should have known better. She’s just not detail oriented, and this job requires a lot of repetitive work. She’s a creative, she’s bored, […]
By Tracy Stuckrath It’s the first day of your company’s annual sales meeting for twenty-five people. While you ate a hearty breakfast at home before the meeting, you’re starving and ready for lunch. As you walk into the break room, you see that your boss’ administrative assistant ordered pizza for lunch. Your stomach flips and […]