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Over the past few years, we’ve seen more and more companies hire for positions like Chief Culture Officer or Culture Manager who are responsible for supporting employee engagement and developing strategies that reinforce an organization’s values. An investment of this nature makes sense given that positive work cultures have been proven to increase productivity by…

For the first time in Asia Pacific, we organised an entire week that was dedicated to Emergenetics learning just for our associates. It was created with our associates’ development and professional growth in mind, and with the objective to bring associates closer together, to connect better and to grow as a team. And what a…

As the Super Bowl parade honoring the Denver Broncos winds its way through downtown, we’d like to say Congratulations to our hometown Denver Broncos for winning Super Bowl 50! Even if you weren’t rooting for the Denver Broncos, you probably watched at least a few of the commercials. We thought it would be worthwhile to…

“90 percent of top performers have high emotional intelligence.” This line in a time.com article struck me, along with another line “people with average IQs outperform those with highest IQs 70 percent of the time.” When I thought deeply about these lines, it made a lot of sense. Intelligence isn’t the most important factor in…

Does greater productivity occur when we can focus in one particular direction or when we can access multiple ways to get something done? It is an interesting question because it makes a difference in how you define productivity. I’ll give you an example. I was just speaking with a client who had a huge preference…

I stare at the blank piece of paper. A thousand thoughts fill my mind, but as soon as they make their presence known they are quashed by a cynical voice I recognize as my own, replying to each and every ‘grand idea’ by shooting them down. All I’m trying to do is write a song.…

When you think of Apple what are the words that first come to your head? Creative…innovative…beautiful…artful…sleek? What generates that kind of response? Think about the ads you see for Apple products of all kinds…it’s a clear message—a right brained creative company designed to appeal on emotion and the “cool factor”. This kind of strategy can…