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Navigating organizational change and fostering high-performing teams is a complex journey. Our blog is here to be your trusted guide. We offer insights, strategies, and best practices to help you overcome challenges, unlock your organization's potential, and achieve lasting success.

Whether you're a seasoned leader or just starting your management journey, you'll find valuable resources and actionable advice on topics such as:

Leadership Development

Generational Trends

Team Building and Collaboration

Change Management Strategies

Employee Engagement

Organizational Change

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Generations Schmenerations,
What’s the Difference?

People smarter than me have told me that the notion of generational differences is a made-up construct. Every one is different, they say - we are all unique. Indeed, among almost eight billion humans, there is not a matching set anywhere.

11/1/18 11/1/18

Managing (and Coaching) Millennials — What Not To Do

Managers should exercise caution to avoid some irreversible errors in managing Millennials. Here are things NOT to do.

10/24/18 10/24/18

Millennials’ Hierarchy of Needs: Building a Base of Structure

The most important thing managers of Millennials can do is provide clarity to their Millennial workers about what their job is and what it is not, and set clear expectations.

10/18/18 10/18/18

The Case for Coaching Millennial Employees

Coaching, not managing, may be what gets your organization to higher levels of productivity — led by some of your youngest team members.

10/10/18 10/10/18

Hierarchy of Millennial Needs

For managers, these 5 core “Needs” for Millennials, prioritized in a pyramid similar to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, can help serve as a discussion point with each of your Millennial employees.

9/18/18 9/18/18

The Millennial Mentoring Imperative

For Millennial employees, mentoring isn’t seen as a perk or a bonus — it’s become something they expect and see as a necessity for their professional success.

8/30/18 8/30/18

5 Things New Employees Want on Day 1

What do employees really want from their first day and how do you as an employer ensure they go home energized and excited? Here are five things employers can provide (or provide early) to ensure the first day is amazing.

8/8/18 8/8/18

Millennials, Money and Managing Stress: Employer-Provided Financial Education Helps

It may seem to them that more money is the best solution to Millennials’ financial stress, but it turns out they are better served by more financial education.

7/26/18 7/26/18

Why You Should Get New Hires 'On Board' Before Day 1

If you want your new employees to start their job on the right foot and stick around long term, the first day counts — so, don’t spend that valuable time on benefits and payroll paperwork.

7/17/18 7/17/18

Emojis go Mainstream (But Not at Work)

There’s a proper time and a place for emojis, and business communication is
generally not one of them.

7/4/18 7/4/18

What Do Newly-hired Millennials Want at Work? Freedom from Uncertainty

For Millennials just out of college, their first professional job does not come with a syllabus. And this presents a dilemma.

6/3/18 6/3/18

It's OK to Fail! Here's How to Recover When You Do

It may seem like some of the most successful people in the world have been on a steady upward path, but some of world’s most rich and famous people have screwed up epically.

5/29/18 5/29/18

Internships can be Your Ticket to a Job

Summer interns should consider their internship an extended job audition. If you want a job at that company (or at least a glowing recommendation), here are a few key things to accomplish.