TIGERS® Blog
Keeping Dahlia – Why Leadership Transitions Are Delicate
38-year-old Dahlia was the archetypal superstar actuary*. A straight A-student all throughout, she had her pick of scholarships with the best Actuarial Science degrees programs in America. Headhunters and the who’s who of the insurance industry were at her heels. ...
DELEGATION – What You Should Know
People join organizations because of the work, the job and opportunities for career growth through training and delegation. But people leave because of the leader. A direct supervisor is a huge component in an employee’s personal experience of work, work-life balance,...
Truth About the Middle Manager
What comes to mind when you think of the term “middle manager”? Is it a cranky, bespectacled guy barking orders behind a desk? Someone who holds little power but spends a lot of time micromanaging people? Or someone whose career is in the doldrums? I can’t blame...
7 Tips On Boosting Workplace Productivity
Businesses thrive on productivity. When people in a company are productive, they can get plenty of work done, thus offering more products and or services to consumers. However, for...
What’s To Know About Personality Tests
Should companies administer personality tests as a requirement for employment? In recent years, personality tests have become the poster kid for bad HR practices. As digital technology advanced, we threw online games into the mix to assess a person’s suitability –...
How to Talk (as in REALLY TALK): Rules of Conversational Engagement
We live in a world that is so connected and disconnected at the same time. So it is no wonder that conversational engagement is top of mind for so many leaders today. Our thumbs are...
The Power of the “Stay Interview”
What can employers expect now that the U.S. continues to open after surviving the pandemic’s multiple waves? Why is the importance of the stay interview more important now than ever? These are great questions. Are you asking them to head off unfortunate events? Why...
This year’s newest challenge: RETURN TO WORK
HR managers are set to tackle an unprecedented challenge: helping organizations and team members return to work amidst an ongoing pandemic. March of 2020, many managers found...
This year’s newest challenge: RETURN TO WORK
HR managers are set to tackle an unprecedented challenge: helping organizations and team members return to work amidst an ongoing pandemic. In March of 2020, many managers found themselves sending employees home, armed with a laptop. But now with cases subsiding...
Collaborative Leadership – Why You Need It
I feel blessed. Over the past year I have virtually connected to so many excellent business people. Eventually we discuss what we are doing to continue to work and operate a business during a pandemic. We have all shared and learned a lot. What often surfaces is...
