How often have you heard from a speaker at a conference, on a podcast, or read on a blog, “play to your strengths” or “leverage your strengths?” “Strengths” is a…

More than 15 million US workers have quit their jobs since April 2021.  Companies are responding with well-intentioned quick fixes – increasing pay or financial benefits or offering retention or…

Exclusion. Inequality. Inefficiency. Isolation. These are a few of the challenges of a hybrid workplace. To lead a high-performance, engaged hybrid team requires that leaders assure the employee experience is…

Zoom meetings. Virtual team happy hours. Online collaboration tools. This was how we worked and interacted with our colleagues for over a year.  As offices reopen, many of your team…

The workplace and the workforce have changed.  Your team members work in the office, fully remote, and/or hybrid. They want flexibility in where and when they work and have examined what gives…

Absenteeism, or failing to attend work as scheduled, costs U.S. employers $225.8 billion each year. Contending with employee absenteeism is something that all employers need to consider should they be…

Keeping your employees engaged can be a driver of an organization or company’s success. Unfortunately, even though employers understand the importance of employee engagement, only a mere 33% of employees…

I hated my job.  I spent all day on the phone making cold sales calls. People hung up on me. People screamed at me. I was called a variety of…

3.6 million people resigned in May alone and workers in all job categories, from customer-facing service roles to highly professional positions, are actively or passively hunting at roughly the same…

“August 6th will be my last day,” my client told me on a break during the live virtual training class I was facilitating for his sales team. Although I was…

It has been a year since most of us abruptly left our corporate offices and set up our home “office”. We left behind our desk chair, the slightly stale breakroom…

A hybrid workplace offers the benefits of remote work – increased flexibility, reduced carbon footprint, and enhanced employee satisfaction – as well as the critical advantages of co-located work –…