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Being the place people want to work

Among the many things upended by the COVID pandemic, hiring has been one of the work-related processes that's taken a hit. Finding, hiring, and keeping top performers is harder now than it was before the word "coronavirus" joined our vocabularies....

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Making Mistakes vs. Making Magic

In a previous professional life, I worked in the same department for 20 years. Because I’d served in many roles, my institutional knowledge of our...

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When Your Job is Like Learning to Drive a Stick Shift

My coworker Jenn Peterson describes learning her new job like this: “It’s like learning to drive a stick shift. Figuring out when to put on the gas,...

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Trust or consequences

I’m still in shock. Recently I heard a keynote speaker tell their audience that they shouldn’t trust their employees or their clients. That one of...

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What I Learned from Ted Lasso This Week

The title character in “Ted Lasso” flings out mottos and wisdom nuggets like a beauty queen throwing candy from a parade float. It’s one of the...

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What makes your employee have a Periscope Moment?

You know the moment: The one that makes an employee open to looking at jobs elsewhere. Just thinking of that can bring a little churn to some...

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How do you handle turmoil

Turmoil can be all around us. I like to think of turmoil is a core opportunity to learn and grow. Over the last 6-8 months I have seen turmoil and...

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war for talent

Nearly all organizations are fighting the war for talent – open positions, bidding wars, and sometimes finding any resource to keep things moving. If...

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leading during troubling times

I had the opportunity to see a speaker (Mike Wagner) a few weeks ago. He used unique language - “The Great Disruption” rather than COVID-19,...

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Self Mastery

Daniel Pink wrote in Drive that what really motivates us is Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose. The idea of mastery creates thinking for each of us – WHAT...

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