As we get back to life and work, leaders and HR professionals have a unique opportunity to think differently about employee development. Here are ...
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Cash May Be King, but Your Power Is in Your People
By now, you have likely identified your crisis priorities and have made prudent financial moves to protect and access operating capital. But what about ...
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More Than Money: Confidence is the Currency of Productivity
During this time of unprecedented change and uncertainty, organizations across the globe are wrestling with how to retain and engage people in the face ...
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Unlock Your Organization’s Wellness Potential
A healthy work culture is made up of people who are doing healthy things. They are eating right, exercising consistently, seeing their doctor, taking ...
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Organization Design: Form Follows Function
In 1896, the architect Louis Sullivan, the father of the modern steel skyscraper and mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, coined the maxim “form follows function” in an article titled The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered. Sullivan’s vanguard approach broke from the prevailing approach of his day, which could be characterized as “form follows precedent.” Note Sullivan’s ...
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The Missing Link: Talent Optimization
For organizations who are serious about getting where they want to go, talent optimization is everything. Most organizations have a strategic plan. All organizations have specific business results they hope to achieve. What lies between plans and results is PEOPLE. Ironically, we find most organizations skipping over the objective assessment of whether they have the ...
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GDPR is in effect May 25th. Here’s what you need to know.
What is GDPR? Many are calling it the largest change in data privacy law in 20 years—the GDPR is a new EU Regulation that significantly strengthens the protection of personal data of EU citizens and personal data collected within the EU. GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. It expands many of the requirements of ...
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Crowdsourcing high-potential leaders
What if we tried crowdsourcing our high-potential future leaders? The narrative is becoming all too familiar: Boomers retiring in droves, Millennials aren’t ready to ...
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Yelling from the Bleachers
Here’s a conversation I’m prepared to have. Short. Direct. Honest. Hi, ______. I’m Heather Haas, Nixon’s mom. I wanted to introduce myself because ...
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Networking to Land a New Job
As President of ADVISA, I’ve always viewed my highest point of contribution as building and optimizing a team of sharp, caring people who share a passion for leadership development and employee engagement. As a result, I take a fair amount of meetings with folks who reach out to me about joining our team and leaders ...
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