The last few months have presented unthinkable challenges for many. Layoffs and furloughs. Work from home, and for many now back to work. A very strong voice to create equity and greater inclusion for our diverse workforce. This is not…
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What Your Employees Really Want Right Now!
Posted in Employee Performance, Organizational Performance, Peak Performance, Performance Management Tagged with: career path, cultural dexterity, employee engagement, employee experience, employees, empowerment, equity, inclusion, Leadership, mentors, performance management, team members, TED, workforce management
Safe at Home or Back to Work?
Now that social distancing restrictions are easing in many communities, countless business leaders are celebrating that they can finally bring their team members back to the office and get back to work. This is a complex business decision, though, with…
Posted in company culture, corona virus, virus Tagged with: CEO, company culture, Coronavirus, decision-making, executive decision-making, organizational culture, performance management, physical distancing, physical separation, Remote work, remote workers, Safe at Home, Social distancing, work from home
Recalibrating & Managing Performance During a Crisis
Several of our clients are quickly realizing they can’t expect that same level of “Superstar” performance from their employees right now. Parents might be working from home with their younger children who regularly require their attention. Other team members who…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: 1:1 meetings, 1:1s, appreciation, constructive feedback, employee performance, feedback, Five Languages of Appreciation, group feedback, lagging indicators, leading indicators, performance, performance management, performance objectives, positive feedback, positive reinforcement, recalibrate, reset, scoreboard, SMART goals, strategic goals, strategic objectives, Team Huddles, team performance
Reinvention & Resilience in Times of Crisis
When things are fine, we rarely think about innovation or doing things differently. “We’ve always done it this way,” “it works,” and “business as usual” are the norm during normal times. I don’t define fine as “fine” though. Quite frankly,…
Posted in reinvention Tagged with: breakdowns, breakthrough results, Coronavirus, innovation, Management, recalibration, recovery, reflection, refocus, Reinvention, resilience, setbacks
Some Best Practices for Making Remote Work WORK!
On January 17, 1994, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked Los Angeles and the surrounding area. The “Northridge quake” killed more than 60, injured over 9,000, and caused widespread damage including crumbling complete sections of many of the region’s freeways. In…
Posted in Remote Work Tagged with: best practices, communication, communication protocols, Coronavirus, Health, Microsoft Teams, performance, Remote work, Slack, Slack channel, videoconference, virtual connections, virtual work, working from home, working remotely, Zoom
Seven Strategies for Success with Family Businesses
I support a lot of family businesses and regularly hear from my clients how they pride themselves on creating positive work environments for their employees where they treat everyone like family. That’s quite admirable, and I’m sure those employees very…
Posted in Baby Boomers, Family, Family Business, Family Counseling, family relationships, Legacy, Succession Planning, Uncategorized Tagged with: Baby Boomers, corporate culture, Family, family business, family business charter, family council, governance, Leadership, leadership succession, legacy, multi-generation family
Building High-Performing Teams to Deliver Superior Business Results
In today’s Information Age and increasingly complex work environment, very few people work alone. Nearly all of us work in teams of some form and rely on others to deliver our intended results. How many of us have the pleasure…
Driving Adoption Well Beyond Go Live with Digital Transformation
Change is constant in organizations! Many of these organizational changes, however, can feel like “forced changes” – especially when they’re technology change efforts. The perception can be that the CIO or CFO simply signed a contract to buy a new ERP…
Posted in Change management Tagged with: adoption, Change, Change management, Digital Transformation, go live, Organization Development, organizational change, Positive Change, resistance, technology change
The Value of People & Good HR in Organizations
The Human Resources function can be quite misunderstood in many organizations. People often think it’s the group who plans the parties or who fails every year to keep the cost of our benefits down. Maybe worse, it’s the folks who…
Posted in Employee Development, employee engagement, Employee Morale Tagged with: best practices, HR, Human Resources, Small business, SMB, Vistage
Enhancing Your Employee’s Life-Cycle Experience To Achieve Peak Performance
In today’s tight labor market with historic levels of low unemployment throughout the U.S., it is imperative for businesses to hire the best people – and keep them! But how do you do that when so few people are looking…
Posted in business, Change management, Coaching, Empowerment, Engagement, Executive Coaching, Family Business, Family Values, Leadership, Management, success Tagged with: Change management, coaching, executive coaching, HR, Leadership, organizational culture, personal growth, productivity, strategic planning, Succession planning, talent management, workplace
