Posts di Shana Bosler
Empower Your Teams to Lead
It’s no secret that high-performing teams positively impact organizational success. They require less oversight, they tend to be more motivated and they work productively toward shared goals. Senior business executives also believe that high-performing teams enhance culture, employee retention, profitability and risk mitigation. The role teams play in supporting the success of their organizations has…
Leggi tuttoEngaging Every Employee’s Voice in a Virtual Working World
How is your organization soliciting and utilizing the voices of your employees? In these unfamiliar times, it’s essential to hear from your staff to support company objectives, including: Enhancing employee engagement Promoting inclusion Inspiring innovation Believing that your opinions matter at work is one of the top drivers of employee engagement. When your company and…
Leggi tuttoEnhance Your Virtual Team’s Performance
High-performing teams are so important to business success. Effective collaboration has been shown to increase productivity, strengthen innovation, enhance profitability as well as support employee engagement and retention. Creating high-performing teams is not an easy task. It takes time and an ongoing commitment to keep staff members aligned and engaged with one another. Virtual and…
Leggi tuttoFive Tips to Maintain Morale Through Challenging Times
Organizations have experienced a lot of ups and downs this year with economic and pandemic challenges. Leaders have had to focus on navigating a volatile, unfamiliar business landscape while making adjustments to support the long-term health of their companies. It’s no surprise that employee morale may also ebb and flow as organizations adapt to challenging…
Leggi tuttoInspiring Innovation: 10 Tips for Your Organization
As so much in our lives has shifted over the past several months – and continues to do so – I know many people who may be feeling a bit tapped out on change. I even wrote a blog post about how to support adaptability in the face of constant transformation! Still, we know that…
Leggi tuttoHow To: Navigate Change When Change is the Only Constant
Change fatigue is real. As organizations have had to navigate monumental shifts in the way they approach business, employees have experienced an abundance of transitions in their: Office space Routine Processes and procedures Workplace relationships Collaboration and communication practices Company culture While some adjustments have been more gradual, others have had to take place at…
Leggi tuttoHow to Navigate Difficult Conversations
Whether you’re a natural debater or prefer to avoid conflict, being able to address challenging topics is a lifelong skill that can support your professional development. When can you have open, honest conversations with direct reports, team members, leadership or colleagues in a respectful way, you can cultivate stronger working relationships, better team dynamics and…
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As we find ourselves halfway through 2020, I can’t help but think about midpoints. In his book “When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing,” Daniel Pink explains that midpoints can be a powerful motivator or the source of a slump. You can watch a short explanation of the concept here, which the author actually recorded…
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Health and wellbeing have understandably been top of mind in recent months. In my inbox alone, there are countless messages that encourage me to take care of myself. What’s important about the call to “take care,” though, is the understanding that wellness means more than just physical health. For organizations, that distinction is important. As…
Leggi tuttoRemote Workers, On-Site Employees, Hybrid Teams? What’s a Manager to Do?
With many organizations re-opening their office spaces to allow for social distancing, more and more managers find themselves now leading hybrid teams with some staff members on-site, some remote and others rotating between both options. While most leaders have had at least a few months of experience managing remote employees, our latest state of the…
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