Strategies for Managing Change

Change is a constant in our lives, and as a result we’re always looking for strategies for managing change. Do you know how you actually process change on a personal level? We all inherently have a way to work through trying or fast-shifting times – it is our own change management process. However, I’m not…

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Creating a Great Place to Work

Recently, a friend sent me a Harvard Business Review blog that helped me think about how I can make my office a truly great place to come to work. The opening paragraph of the blog was particularly striking: More than 100 studies have now found that the most engaged employees — those who report they’re…

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Want Innovation? Get Out on the Golf Course

I hope I don’t turn away non-golfers with this blog, but it’s Friday, the weather (at our office in New York, at least) is beautiful, and I’m wishing I was hitting the links. That being said, I’m not going to go into a “sports as life or business metaphor”…too much. So here is why getting…

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The Happiness Index

Well, this blog isn’t exactly about a specific index, but wouldn’t it be nice to know just how happy we are? Just googling “Happiness Scale” threw up online tests such as the «Subjective Happiness Scale” developed by Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness. But what has this got to do with anything?…

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Managing Relationships

One of the things I love talking about – both in a personal and work capacity – is relationships. I would like to say it is a topic close to my heart, but I know now that it is actually in my brain. Relationships are everywhere. We can talk seriously about relationships between business partners…

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Talent Management Strategy and Successful Organizations

Clearly any talent management strategy for a business must encompass a wealth of factors that ebb and flow in importance based on an even greater set of influences and outside factors. This is evident in Deloitte’s latest report on Talent Management, Talent Edge 2020, which we tweeted yesterday, and which holds fascinating findings based on…

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Goal Setting with Impact

Goals and objectives can be like an exercise routine or a gym membership. For those of us who are committed regulars, the process can be a bit routine and rote, but at least we are checking in regularly. Then there are those of us who start with the best intentions, set a great plan, but…

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Making Your Employees Idea Generators

How does your organization get at ideation? Does your organization even know what ideation truly is? Ideation (according to Wikipedia) is the process of generating ideas, communicating those ideas, and developing the ideas to fruition. So what does that really mean? Well, firstly, it means something different than innovation—that business buzzword catchall for creativity, idea…

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Workplace Assessments- and How to Make Them Actually Work

When it comes to assessment, companies look to review every aspect of the organization, some using a comb with fine enough teeth to catch every minute detail. P&L statements, earnings reports, revenue numbers, and other financial elements are scrutinized (and rightfully so) to an incredible degree. But what about assessing the very generators of these…

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