TIGERS® Blog
Leading with empathy in the hybrid workplace
Leading with empathy in the hybrid workplace dispels many practices that drove the industrial revolution. For example, the old saying, “It’ business, not personal”, means that financials were more important than anything human. The problem is that for employees it is...
Avoid These Eight Common Leadership Mistakes
Being a leader is one of the best things of one’s life. It makes you feel like you can do almost anything, and people look up to you for advice and assurance. However, not everyone is a natural-born leader. Plus, even the best leaders can make leadership mistakes...
What will it take to ensure Gen Z loyalty?
‘Hey, you’re a beast! ” Wow. I’m a beast so is that a good thing? According to a fifteen year old boy, the answer is yes. Being a beast means very good; impressive; awesome. Therefore, if you receive this compliment and are the manager of a Gen Z employee, you are...
The TIGERS 6 Principles Deliver Psychological Safety to High Performance Teams
High performance, cross-functional teams composed of employees from different departments have driven successful innovation and corporate problem-solving outcomes for organizations such as Zappos, Costco and Hewlett Packard. As diverse as these organization are, one...
The Great Resignation Root Cause
I quit. I resign. I'm leaving. No one likes to here these words. However, the latest figures came out on Jan. 4, 2022, and showed that 4.5 million people voluntarily left their positions in November 2021 for greener pastures elsewhere. The numbers keep coming...
How to connect employees with a sense of purpose
So much is written about connecting an organization’s purpose with employee values. Has this stemmed the massive exodus of employees leaving for better pay, a better work culture or better mental health due to pandemic burnout? No. Resignations are still on the...
Surviving 2022 with a hybrid work environment
This time of the year people start thinking about their new year’s resolutions. Perhaps some of those resolutions involve surviving next year in a hybrid work environment. I get it. 2020 and 2021 have been horrible for some managers. Some tech organizations, on the...
Why Leaders Should Think Like Entrepreneurs
The past year had many organizations in flux. The focus for most was surviving with less business. For others, it was finding innovative ways and means to meet a higher demand. Many operated within new parameters (healthcare industry, food services, online...
Navigating the start-up and collaborative leadership jungle? Read these 10 Books NOW!
Building a company from the ground up? Flipping or scaling a business? Looking for collaborative leadership and work culture solutions? Coping with change while managing people on opposite sides of the pole? Or feeling your way through venture capitalists,...
A Friendly Reminder for Post Lockdown Managers
The return to “normal” hasn’t been easy on anyone. Businesses and communities are still locking horns with new rules of protocol and etiquette. And many are in the process of learning how to rebuild safely. Therefore...
