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New Manager Training: Our 2021 Best Practices
In the last year, we've seen unprecedented demand for our New Manager Training and Coaching. Part of what we've addressed has been basic managerial skills. Project and change management, delegating responsibilities, enabling collaboration, and managing team...
4 Hiring Best Practices for Startups
Small businesses are still bullish about investing in talent, even moreso given the high costs of poor hires and employee turnover. The cost of bad or wrong hiring can go up to 30% of the employee's first year earnings according to the US Dept. of Labor, and so it is...
You Can’t Address Unconscious Bias if You Don’t Address Trauma
The celebrated actor Liam Neeson became unpopular overnight. He shared a story in 2019 about one of his close friends who was raped by a Black man, and how it drove him into an irrational frenzy. He said he became so enraged hearing her experience, that for the...
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What is an Agile Workplace and How Do You Create One?
As the coronavirus has transformed the very nature of the way companies work, wise leaders have realized one thing: that their organization's survival in the future may depend on creating a responsive, agile workplace culture. Why? Because the events of the last few...
Diversity Training and the Need for Storytelling
The comedian Keegan Michael Key spoke recently regarding his personal experience with police discrimination. He claimed that despite being pulled over by the police often due to being Black, the officer typically recognizes him from his work and lets him go. He...
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence Coaching and Training in the Workplace
Why is emotional intelligence or “EQ” important? Why does knowing our own emotions and others’ emotions matter? For many, especially those of us who are highly driven “doers,” it can seem counterintuitive: to slow ourselves down, and notice things as “abstract” and...
Diversity = Growth. Here’s Why.
Nothing in the world stays the same, no matter how much we attempt to keep it the same. And in order to GROW, we must put ourselves in new situations constantly and learn to ADAPT. That is the cornerstone of the agile mindset. As diversity and inclusion consultants,...
5 Tips for Your Post-COVID19 Change Management Plan
What is your organization's change management plan after COVID-19? You've certainly thought about it, but if you haven't, here are a few questions and considerations you'll want to keep in mind: Employee Sentiments Employees will have a mix of emotions on the idea of...
The Need for a Culture Change in Healthcare
While the recent coronavirus pandemic has upended almost every industry, one can argue that healthcare has experienced the biggest jolt. Possibly a "rude awakening" to the dire need for a culture change. Healthcare was already facing pressure in 2019 with existing...