TIGERS® Blog
Workplace Trust – Managing the T Word
Trust. Workplace trust. Team trust. It all boils down to how trust expresses itself in your workplace. Most of us know how having it (or not having it) in the workplace feels like. We know how many managers pay lip service when asked. “Of course, I trust my team! ...
How To Encourage High Employee Engagement
In the upcoming book, Becoming TIGERS - Leading Your Team to Success, our protagonist, Derek, struggles to create high employee engagement. Not only does he fail to improve engagement, he is the cause for several employees to quit. The result is a final warning and a...
How Does Self-Talk Apply to Professional and Personal Development?
Self-talk. What is it? Self-talk are the messages we tell ourselves that build ourselves up or tear ourselves down. What we say to ourselves impacts our personal and professional development in so many ways. One could argue that every one of us tells ourselves a...
Workforce Development: Who’s Included When You Think About Success?
Now that the first month of the New Year is wrapping up, it is a good idea to think about how you can ready yourself and your workforce for the next eleven months of the year. What changes do you plan on bringing about that will positively impact workforce development...
How To Maintain Communication During Change
Communicating during change -- what a topic. It is timely now because change is tagged as one of the top 5 issues corporate executives say they will be dealing with in 2020. However, 70% of change efforts fail. The primary reason isn't what you think if you believe...
Project Creep and How to Avoid It
Project creep happens every so subtly. Quinn was tasked to head a returning client’s project. The deal was to deliver this app that would enable customers to book same-day delivery services. Back then it was a breakthrough app. Her timeline was two months –a...
Do you have empathy for leaders?
Empathy for leaders like Derek Alexander, the protagonist in our soon-to-be-released book, is hit or miss. Perhaps you know someone like Derek. Perhaps you worked for someone like Derek in the past – maybe even now. Like Derek, many people who excel in their jobs, and...
TIGERS Success Series 2019 Blog Recap: Part 4 Leadership
As December wraps up, we bring you our fourth and final installment of our 2019 blog recap series: Leadership. If you have not already, go back and read our other 2019 recap blog articles: TIGERS Success Series 2019 Recap Part 3 - Positive Work Culture TIGERS...
TIGERS Success Series 2019 Recap: Part 3 Positive Work Culture
Thank you for reading our second installment of our three-part, 2019 recap series! Our previous installment focused on the benefits companies gain from providing their employees with virtual and micro training. If you missed it, feel free to give it a quick read,...
TIGERS Success Series 2019 Blog Recap: Part 2 Virtual and Micro Training
Welcome to our second installment of our year end recap series, Virtual and Micro Training! The first installment reviewed the top three traits we focused on most this year. This first installment briefly covered the following categories: Virtual/Micro-training,...