Anarchy or Accountability 

Anarchy or Accountability 

I work with individuals at all levels of leadership, ranging from C-Suite to frontline service folks. In one of my mentoring sessions, the leader I was working with emphasized the significance of freedom and independence in her role, mentioning it was the primary...
Team Trust

Team Trust

We have all heard about, if not experienced, the age-old “Trust Fall” activity. One partner stands facing away from the other, and then the first partner falls back, trusting (hoping) that the second partner will catch them. Personal view – I am not sure of the...
Commitment Issues?

Commitment Issues?

While life long commitments to a job may be a thing of the past, it doesn’t mean that your organization has to give up hope of building an excellent team. What it DOES mean however, is that you need to up your game when it comes to hiring and retention...
Why can’t we have our cake and eat it too?

Why can’t we have our cake and eat it too?

Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in its Job Openings And Labor Turnover August report that while the number of separations were little changed at 6 million (4.1%), within that number, there was a 2.9% increase (4.3million) in Americans quitting...
Virtual Onboarding for the Remote Worker

Virtual Onboarding for the Remote Worker

The COVID-19 pandemic forced employers to haphazardly improvise their onboarding processes to hire remote workers.  And, while we are all still trying to find our new norm, many organizations have found that remote workers, whether for all or part of their work force,...