Talk about employee engagement has never been louder than it is today. But much like the distortion you get in your music when you turn your speakers up to the max, more talk hasn’t made this topic clearer. Let’s take a few minutes to dispel the myth of employee engagement, turn down the volume, and

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If you are alive, you experience stress. And while not all stress is harmful, excessive stress can lead to burnout, reduced productivity, and reduced mental and physical health. Since we spend so many of our waking hours working, it is common for people to experience stress at work. In fact, many people list work near

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There is plenty of conversation (and quite a bit of confusion) around the topic of organizational culture these days. I’m glad there is conversation because culture is a critical lever in the results you get. When your culture is good, it buoys results. The opposite is also true. Part of the confusion stems from how

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It is part of being human – how we see the world informs our mindsets, our approaches, and our decisions. We call that our point of view (POV). For organizations to make better decisions and get better results, they need to regularly ask this question: What’s your POV? The Importance of Asking Leaders often have

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What is the level of psychological safety in your organization? Before you answer, realize that your answer isn’t likely the one shared by everyone around you. Psychological safety – as defined by Amy Edmondson who coined the phrase – is a shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for

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by Jan Cavelle Leadership of remote teams is a tricky business.   Correct that.  Leadership is a tricky business, but remote teams bring their own challenges.   But given the general hype that surrounds it, you could be forgiven for thinking remote management is something new. Is remote work really new? In reality, many leaders

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It is well known that change can be hard. And large-scale organizational change is even harder. Because it is both hard and important, much has been studied and written about how to manage change – or how to make change management more effective. This work is well intentioned and helpful, but it falls short. Why?

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There has been lots of thinking, concern, and even handwringing about the future of teams and culture in many organizations. As people have thought about and implemented a Return to Office policy (with varying success), they have come to realize that work and the expectations of it have changed. With those changes come questions about

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Are you a culture champion? This is a hard question to answer without a clear definition of culture. That’s a word that gets thrown around a lot. And I find that not everyone’s clear on exactly what it means. Here is my very simple definition of culture: Culture is the way we do things around here. No, more or

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