Are These 5 Communication Challenges Giving You a Headache?

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We’ve all received a head-scratching message before. Maybe an email seemed incomplete, which made next steps confusing. Perhaps the intent of a communication was difficult to grasp. And it’s feasible that a message was so far out of left field and lacked the context required to understand the point. Those sorts of interactions are challenging…

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Cultivate Belonging with Emergenetics®

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Most leaders know that employee engagement is a vital ingredient to amplifying productivity and increasing retention. What they may not realize is that a sense of belonging is one of the strongest drivers of engagement. Intuitively, people likely understand why acceptance and inclusion are so important. When individuals feel aligned to their work and embraced…

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Minimize Information Inequity for Hybrid Teams

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Hybrid workplaces offer a mix of benefits and possible drawbacks. While most employees appreciate the flexibility to work remotely at times, concerns remain around potential inequities between in-office and remote staff. These differences often result from proximity bias, which is a largely unconscious tendency to give preferential treatment to individuals in our immediate vicinity. Partiality…

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7 Simple Ways to Boost Your Team’s Wellbeing

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When it comes to bolstering the success of your employees, it’s so important to focus on wellness. If staff members don’t take care of themselves, the negative impacts reach far beyond just that person. It can also affect your business through productivity losses, absenteeism and turnover. While individuals probably recognize the importance of looking after…

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Amplify Collaborative Learning with Emergenetics

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In any Meeting of the Minds workshop, it’s amazing to see participants experience aha moments as they realize why their colleagues approach work in a certain way. Through our activities and reflections, attendees get an opportunity to see the Attributes come to life and witness the power of cognitive diversity in action. One of the…

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Use Training & Development to (re)Engage Staff

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In any workplace, employees will experience a motivation dip from time to time. Maybe work is starting to feel a little too routine. It could be that projects are too easy or too challenging. Perhaps staff feel like they aren’t accomplishing their goals or taking steps toward the future they want to realize. Or they…

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What Does Empathetic Leadership Look Like?

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There are many skills that executives and managers are asked to build to support their staff and drive results, and empathy may be one of the most important of all. Recent research has shown that empathy can have a significant impact on our people and businesses. In addition to being good for the Social part…

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The 6 C’s to Create a Thriving Hybrid Culture

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In forward-thinking companies, building a strong workplace culture has always been a core part of business strategy. From decades of research, we’ve seen how positive corporate climates have been shown to improve employee engagement, enhance revenue growth and increase profitability. While most executives recognize the value of a great culture, many businesses have held off…

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