In my recent video, I discuss strategic planning for 2024. I emphasized an often overlooked point: organizational culture isn’t just a soft skill or a buzzword—it’s a make-or-break factor for your strategic goals. And it’s time we treat it as such. Holistic Strategy: More Than Just Market Goals When we talk about business strategy, most…
Living By Your Values During Jaime’s interview with Marney Andes on the Superpower Success Podcast, Marney emphasized that the cornerstone of effective leadership is living by your values. She suggests that whenever leaders feel directionless or stuck, they should return to their core values as a guiding principle. Values serve as a reliable yardstick to…
SHRM estimates that currently, one in four employees dread going to work. As a company that thrives on fostering a positive culture, this statistic is quite disheartening. When employees are unhappy, productivity and business results inevitably suffer. This workplace dissatisfaction leads to a widening gap within organizations, a gap between what the organization wants and…
Is your business running on an operating framework or an impact framework? Likely your response is – I don’t know – which is totally normal. What we see in today’s environment is a lot of organizations are running on various operating frameworks, which are very beneficial. They provide a common set of tools, language and…
From learning to take action to cultivating an uplifting atmosphere, here are 13 answers to the question, “What are your most effective tips to make great managers effective leaders?” Take Initiative Relearn to Be Human Prioritize Communication Understand Relationships Encourage Using Data Get a Dose of Empathy Show Trust in Your Employees Embrace Your HR…
From Red Bull’s Creative Dose to The GaryVee Audio Experience, here are 14 recommendations for podcasts on promoting positive work culture. Creative Dose The Culture Show Happier at Work Podcast McKinsey Podcast The Culture Matters Podcast on International Business & Management WorkLife with Adam Grant Unthinkable Podcast The Diary of a CEO Lead Culture with…
Impacting your company’s culture can be hard to grasp and may feel ambiguous. You may question how can I change how employees feel about working here. How do you measure their feelings? Our organization had those thoughts when I started the business in 2018. At the time, we tried to capture employee satisfaction with a…
This year I have had the pleasure of coaching my son’s fifth-grade basketball team. Now, this is not one of those super-talented, traveling-the-country, all-star teams. This is simply a bunch of kids playing basketball for their school, which means they are all at different skill levels with different experiences. With that in mind, we have…
When you climb a mountain for 7 days, you have a lot of time alone with your thoughts. I would think during my hikes all day long, while on our breaks looking at beautiful panoramas, and especially in my tent at night when everything was quiet and I could reflect on my day. Because the…
A common indicator of success for businesses, and many HR departments, is a low turnover rate. With that standard, understanding high turnover can be accepted is not generally understood. For many years, our organization prided itself on retaining employees with long tenures. We relied on all the knowledge the employees had and ran our business…
