Returning to work after an extended period away from the office is challenging, there’s no doubt about that. But there’s a right way and a wrong way to go about it. My recent leave from the workplace was due to the birth of my...
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Oops, my eyes haven’t quite adjusted from the chair massage I just had. It’s Friday at 1:00pm and that’s right, my employer sponsored the opportunity for me to enjoy 15 minutes of relaxation in the middle of my workday. The...
No matter what you think, and no matter how hard you wish it, no one is ever going to hand you the keys to your own chocolate factory. Yeah, no duh. But, for whatever reason, you still believe it’s going to happen. And by...
Over the years, I’ve worked hard to provide good counsel to a myriad of smart, talented, and successful leaders. One of the areas of greatest consternation we’ve encountered together is getting the leader to come to grips with...
One of the top 5 things employers must focus on in 2016 is candidate experience. Top candidates are tougher to hire than ever, as more and more companies are looking to grow. Additionally, candidates are no longer scared by the...
We’re only days into the New Year, which means we’re only a few days away from Resolution Failure Day. Then, it’s on to the Regretful Tuesday, Shoulder Shrug Sunday, and back to the same ol’, same ol’. That is, if we continue to...
It’s 2016, so it’s pretty hard to plead ignorance to the importance of company culture at this point. Although, that’s exactly what a lot of companies still do today. They offer up excuses like, “I work in industry X, there’s no...
Like the cartoon, most people don’t look forward to performance reviews. In fact, in the hundreds of companies we’ve studied, and the thousands of employees we’ve surveyed and with whom we’ve spoken, easily over 60% of them (the...
Every time we reach this point of the year it causes a lot of reflection. We ask ourselves: what did we love about the year we just completed and why? Was it a good year? What did we learn? We surveyed our team on the content...
