Building a strong workforce, with solid organizational health, is a requirement for any company seeking to achieve its goals. Progressive organizations understand that the key to an effective team is dependent on the quality of leadership. Leaders typically find themselves managing teams with multiple layers of behavioral dynamics. This means

Companies are constantly faced with finding the means to stay profitable and with a whirlwind pace of change. Maintaining a competitive advantage in such an environment is difficult in tough economic times. This means enterprises must be adaptable, learn quickly, and consistently transfer knowledge gained throughout the organization. This constitutes creating

Recently, a colleague asked, “Who has most influenced your thinking and practice as an Organizational development consultant?” One of my chief influences was my Mom. She had a lot of sayings. “No good comes from fooling,” she would say, admonishing us unruly children to behave lest our ruckus causes some

It goes without saying that many of us have our favorite sports stars and athletes that we follow and perhaps idolize on a certain level. This is also true of comic book heroes, such as Superman and Batman. Or other TV shows like Star Trek – Captain Kirk, for example.

Anyone who has participated in a hiring decision has done it all before – looked at a resume, seen a name or education information, and formed conclusions. Assessment and Bias These are considered hiring assessments, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s report on assessments. If the conclusions led to

A company retreat with your team should not be planned with haste. You want it to be meaningful and motivational. So before you print those “Company Retreat” fliers for mass distribution around the office, read on and maybe reconsider what you’re actually offering. Why Plan a Company Retreat? Maybe it’s

Let’s face it; we take too many things in today’s advanced, high-tech economy for granted. And sadly, others we often just plain neglect. Maybe it’s the radio waves that enable us to communicate with cool gadgets, untethered from the sockets that power them. Maybe it’s the transformation from watercraft to

When I started working in the IT consulting section, the words leadership and inspiration were not in the daily vocabulary of my company. What was there, however, was a “get things done” mentality, coupled with the “within budget” and the “on-time” clauses! No questions asked, of course! I felt that

The overarching goal for everyone in hospitality leadership is meeting and exceeding guests’ needs. Business leaders emphasize the value of exceptional customer service in achieving guest satisfaction, repeat business, and excellent word-of-mouth advertising through social media and review sites like TripAdvisor. What are the qualities that make a successful leader

According to a Gallup poll on employee engagement, less than one-third (31.5%) of U.S. workers were engaged in their jobs. While that is up from the previous year and the highest since Gallup began tracking engagement, the flip side is that the majority of employees are not engaged and, according