Hiring the best talent remains a persistent struggle for many companies. That’s because they are doing it wrong — often looking at the labor pool… Continue Reading To Make Better Hires, Learn What Predicts Success | HBRContinue Reading
People are experiencing a level of stress never seen or imagined in the past. We call on employees more than ever to effectively balance their… Continue Reading How to Be a Great Supervisor: Insights Learned from 20 Years of Managing | Blue AvocadoContinue Reading
Of all forms of communication, feedback is perhaps the hardest to give and receive. The giver has to criticize, which might hurt someone’s feelings, so… Continue Reading Feedback Isn’t Enough to Help Your Employees Grow | HBRContinue Reading
A good leader knows their strength comes from their team. As you would expect, a high performance team is every manager’s dream, however like most… Continue Reading Turning around a dysfunctional teamContinue Reading
New book: Managing to Change the World During a recent Building Better planning meeting, one of the folks brought forward a tool about delegation from… Continue Reading New book: Managing to Change the WorldContinue Reading
Returning to in-person work can be a tricky process that comes with a complicated mixture of feelings. Whether you’re excited or anxious about reentry, you… Continue Reading Getting Back to the Basics of Human Connection | HBRContinue Reading
In keeping with the theme of effectively expressing appreciation for the contributions our people make, I picked up a new book last weekend: The 5… Continue Reading New book: The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the WorkplaceContinue Reading
Six strategies to avoid backsliding on your diversity goals. Following a whirlwind year that disrupted most workplace norms and elevated diversity to a top priority… Continue Reading The Great Resignation Doesn’t Have to Threaten Your DE&I Efforts | HBRContinue Reading
Conflict at work comes in many forms. Good conflict, the kind that is healthy, pushes us to be better as people and communities. Most organizations… Continue Reading How to Work with Someone Who Creates Unnecessary Conflict | HBRContinue Reading
Nonprofit organizations are more vulnerable than ever to fraud or errors in the organization’s financial statements. With employees, management, and board members focused on helping… Continue Reading Don’t Let Internal Controls Slip at Your Nonprofit Organization! | Blue AvocadoContinue Reading
