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Leadership Development

December 1, 2021 by Greg

Leader vs. Manager: What Are the Differences?

Leader vs. Manager: Important Differences You Should Be Aware About Should a manager be a leader? Check 6 aspects that differentiate these roles and find out whether managers should embrace leadership. Organizations try to blur the boundaries between positions, leveraging multitasking. The same goes for managers and leaders. Can you use these concepts interchangeably, or […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Keynote Speaker, Leadership Speaker, management skills, Talent Management, Team Building Tagged With: Drivers of Employee Engagement, employee engagement, leadership development, motivational speaker, transformational leadership

March 15, 2021 by Greg

Insuring We Have Inclusivity & Diversity in Our Workforce | LGBTQ+

The workplace is changing, and your business needs to change with it or it will get left behind. One of the changes you need to prepare for is the need for a more progressive and diverse workplace. As we said on Medium, “Some people shy away from the word diversity, thinking about it as a term for […]

Filed Under: DISC Profile, DISC Training, Emotional Intelligence, Employee engagement speaker, Finding top talent, Generations at Work, Good Places to Work, Human Resource Management, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Leadership Development, Reward & Recognition, Supervisory Skills, Surveys and Statistics, Talent Management, Time Management, TTI, Work Life balance, Working Women, Workplace culture, Workplace Productivity Tagged With: behavior assessments, disc certification training, disc training, Drivers of Employee Engagement, employee engagement, employee motivation, employee retention, employee turnover, managing employee retention, TTI

February 12, 2021 by Greg

Three Big Mistakes That Could Land Your HR Department in Hot Water

Everyone makes mistakes – but not all mistakes are created equal. Especially in human resources, some oversights can be disastrous. Today, we are going to go over three of the most egregious transgressions in this industry. Avoid these at all costs – and ignore them only at your own peril.  Your human resources department has […]

Filed Under: Communication Articles, Employee engagement speaker, Generations at Work, Hiring, Human Resource Management, Job interviewing, Job Satisfaction, Leadership Development, Motivational speaker, Recruitment, Workplace culture

July 30, 2018 by Greg

How to Prepare and Develop Future Leaders for Your Business

Introduction How a business is managed often decides if the company lives or dies. A good leader inspires the best work from employees, uses finite resources and time wisely, communicates well and shoulders their share of the responsibilities. This is why proper training is so important, especially for future leaders. When good leadership is present, […]

Filed Under: Human Resource Management, Job Satisfaction, Leadership Development, Leadership Keynote Speaker, Leadership Speaker, management skills

October 26, 2017 by Greg

How to Create a Culture of Workplace Accountability

Your aversion to confrontation creates an unproductive, toxic work environment. Your motivated workers slowly become less engaged as they see underperforming individuals avoid accountability. We are here to show you how to hold your employees accountable and improve overall performance. Have the Tough Conversations Holding workers accountable does not have to be confrontational. The key is to […]

Filed Under: Employee Engagement, Human Resource Management, Leadership Development, management skills Tagged With: accountability, accountability in the workplace, holding people accountabile, workplace accountability

April 7, 2017 by Greg

8 Key Steps on How to Become the Best Possible New Boss

Become the Best Possible New Boss

People don’t quit their company; they quit their boss. A Chart Your Course International survey found that 50 percent of employees left their last job because of their first-line supervisor. That’s a painful statistic. And it points up the critical importance of starting off on the right foot with your new team. Becoming a first-time […]

Filed Under: Behavior Assessments, DISC Training, Human Resource Management, Job Satisfaction, Leadership Development, Supervisory Skills, Talent Management, Team Building Tagged With: new boss, supervisory skills

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