Alex Castro — February 13, 2020 When you’re recruiting for Apple, you don’t need to talk about how great your culture, fulfillment, purpose, and values are—you show it. You exude these qualities in everything you do, every day, without needing to stop and explain why people love working there. People want to work for winners. … Continue reading Why Top-Performing Companies Don’t Have to Talk About How Great It Is to Work There
Category Archives: Corporate Productivity
How to Make Sustainability a Company Focus in 2020
Eliza Erskine — February 5, 2020 Make 2020 the year you take action toward a sustainability strategy of your own. Amazon and Google employees made headlines writing letters to management demanding climate change action. Even if you don’t work for or run a large company, your employees are asking about sustainability. Or you’re thinking about … Continue reading How to Make Sustainability a Company Focus in 2020
4 Ways to Make Your Organization Change-Resilient
Kathryn Clubb — October 29, 2019 In the past, businesses facing change saw it as a temporary disruption with a beginning, middle, and end. After a new normal is achieved, the thinking goes, the business “recovers” and life returns to normal. That mindset no longer reflects the changes that organizations face. Product life cycles are … Continue reading 4 Ways to Make Your Organization Change-Resilient
Mind Your Language (If You Want to be Agile)
Jose Casal — October 10, 2019 There are four key words in the first value of the Agile Manifesto: “Individuals and their interactions over processes and tools” Most of us can spend countless hours debating the value of focusing on people and the dangers related to focusing on processes and tools. Interestingly, in our debates … Continue reading Mind Your Language (If You Want to be Agile)
3 Tips For Effectively Onboarding Employees in a Growing Company
Alice Corner — October 6, 2019 Your business is scaling; congratulations! You’re making more revenue, reaching more markets, and hiring more staff. But times of rapid growth are often times of rapid change, and you need to ensure that your new employees get shown the same level of care and dedication you gave to employee … Continue reading 3 Tips For Effectively Onboarding Employees in a Growing Company
Why Co-Think is the Best Way to Approach Engagement
Jim Haudan — September 13, 2019 Follow @jhaudan — September 13, 2019 If you’ve ever written a report or spoken in front of a group, whether for your classmates in Communications 101 or fellow C-suite executives, one tactic you’ve surely used is a PowerPoint presentation. This program has probably been used billions of times. And … Continue reading Why Co-Think is the Best Way to Approach Engagement
The Importance of Trust in High-Performing Organizations
Eric Douglas — April 19, 2019 Follow @LeadingResource — April 19, 2019 To understand how fundamental trust truly is, we have to go back to the beginning. As it turns out, we humans are hardwired to seek situations in which we feel trust, because our brains release high levels of oxytocin when we experience trust. … Continue reading The Importance of Trust in High-Performing Organizations
CMOs Looking For A ‘Path To Better, Not Perfect’
CMOs Looking For A ‘Path To Better, Not Perfect’ by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, March 21, 2019 CMOs are slowing the “madness” of adopting marketing technology to focus on finding experts with the skills to make the tech work — of looking for the next silver bullet to bring together the data, according to data released … Continue reading CMOs Looking For A ‘Path To Better, Not Perfect’
5 Tips for Running an Accurate Payroll
Mike Kappel — August 15, 2018 Follow @PatriotSoftware — August 15, 2018 Meditations / Pixabay Payroll can be confusing and laborious. Because of that, payroll errors can easily spring up. They can creep into your payroll process with little notice. Payroll involves employees’ wages, governments’ taxes, and employment laws. You must keep an accurate payroll; … Continue reading 5 Tips for Running an Accurate Payroll
4 Ways To Manage Diversity In An Exponential Organization
Paul Keijzer — June 27, 2018 Follow @Paul_Keijzer — June 27, 2018 The business world isn’t that big anymore. Sure it’s enormous in terms of volume of sales, market value, business valuation and even global reach. However, when it comes to communication and access to global talent, the business world has significantly shrunk in the … Continue reading 4 Ways To Manage Diversity In An Exponential Organization