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A collection of insights and articles, along with industry news, company updates and HR talk.

Understand and impact employee engagement

Having great managers who communicate effectively, and most importantly, get to know their teams as individuals, can drive your engagement levels, and therefore, your organization’s results, forward.

Employee Engagement

New leadership role? Focus first on learning, not doing

Watch out for these issues that can block your learning when transitioning to a new role:

Leader Transition

Have you ever been told to be more strategic?

Although strategic planning is frequently seen as the activity to focus on, there are several steps that precede it.

Strategic Planning

Leader Transition

You can't afford to delay succession planning

Would you be prepared if a key employee resigned, became ill, or had to be fired? Do you have ineffective leaders staying too long in positions, thereby blocking others from advancing?

Strategic Planning

Leader Transition

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All Millenials are not the same

There is a lot that has been written about the Millennial generation that is somewhat unfair. Here are the cold, hard facts.

Strategic Planning

Onboarding Key to Employee Engagement and Retention

Onboarding is more than just filling out some paperwork and learning about benefits. It is a comprehensive and planful approach to acclimating a new employee.

Strategic Planning

Avoiding the Purple Squirrel Trap and Other Selction Mistakes

Preparation goes a long way in making a good hire. Put a plan together identifying what you need, your target timeline, and an outline of the interview process.

Employee Engagement

Context is key in leadership development efforts

As they go back excited after learning new ways of thinking, behaving, and leading, they will find they are more influenced by the system around them than by their own desire to change.

Leader Transition

Strategic Planning

Dread giving feedback? You're not alone!

There are a number of things managers can do to increase the effectiveness of their feedback. Provide it frequently.

Leader Transition

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