PEOPLE Working from Home
Managing And Engaging Your People Long Distance - Part 2 of 3 (Read Pt 1 'Will Working Remotely Be the New Normal?' here.) It has happened so quickly. At work – now at home. We thought it might be for a short time, but it has extended longer than we thought. In the...
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Will Working Remotely Be the New Normal?
When We Go Back To Work… Will Working Remotely Be the New Normal? During the pandemic, we have had to take the leap into having people work from home. Employees struggled to adjust to working at home, daily childcare and teaching, making ends meet. Employers wondered...
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Taking Care of Business in Our Stay-at-Home World
In response to the current health crisis, many of us are working from home. While some organizations already had comprehensive work from home policies in place, most of us were scrambling to get something in place as quickly as possible. We wanted everyone to be safe...
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Change That We Never Anticipated
“Change is not a four-letter word…but often your reaction to it is!” – Jeffrey Gitomer I talked to a client recently about his adamant desire to fire 2 employees. “They have a bad attitude no matter what I ask them to do they talk back about it,” he told me. Lucky for...
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SMILES are Free!
Pandemic! Quarantines! Schools and businesses closed! Stock market on a rollercoaster ride! There doesn't seem to be much to smile about recently. Global anxiety is high. We feel cut adrift, afraid, panicked, and confused. It is most certainly a difficult time for all...
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What Are The Main Components Of Employee Engagement?
Employee engagement is multifaceted, but revolves primarily around the following six components: Clear priorities – Do we know what is important to be doing or learning? Regular feedback – How well are we doing our work? What can we do better? Resources – Do we have...
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The Cognitive Process of Asking For Help Out Loud
Have you ever witnessed a 2-year-old child have a meltdown for what seems like no reason at all? Parents of toddlers know that, oftentimes, the child doesn’t really know what it is that they want. However, the child can’t yet verbally articulate desires or questions...
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Why Don’t People Ask For Help?
None of us achieves our goals or dreams alone. We look to our coworkers, employees, employers, managers, leaders, clients, customers, family and friends for assistance, ideas, encouragement, and advice. They look to us for the same. The question is: Why can it be so...
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