Prioritizing Emotional Intelligence in Senior-Level Candidates
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, success hinges not only on technical expertise but also on interpersonal skills. Therefore, prioritizing emotional intelligence in senior-level employment candidates has emerged as a critical factor for strategic recruitment. As organizations strive to build cohesive teams that can navigate diverse challenges and foster innovation, the ability to understand and […]
What To Do When Your Team Building Efforts Aren’t Making a Difference
Everyone loves a team player. It’s a buzzword thrown around by recruitment and it’s a term resumes and interviews can’t do without. Couple this with the top performing desired skills on resumes according to NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) team problem solving and team skills are rated one and two as the most […]
The Debate: On-line Training VS Face Time Training For Employees
Over the last couple of blog posts we have been sharing information about the plight that US Business Leaders find themselves in. The skill shortage in the U.S. is resulting in jobs being posted but no one to fill them. Someone graduating from a trade school right now with welding certification, for example, can actually […]
What Are Small Business Owners Doing to Find and Retain Excellent Employees in 2014
Bank of America has been busy taking the pulse of small business owners in larger communities to determine what work life will be like in 2014. Following on the heels of their fall 2013 study, I am making the projection that employee training and development will increase in 2014 in the small business marketplace. So, […]
Leadership and Team Building: Satisfy Short-Term Quarterly Goals or Plan for Long-term Sustainability?
The need for instant gratification and to show a profit no matter the cost to employees, society, or an organization’s welfare seems to be the motto in today’s business culture. Yet there are those few stellar organizations…and they are not all Fortune 500’s….that beg to differ. These companies invest in team building ideas that value […]
Effective Teambuilding Yields Surprising Results in Today’s 21st Century Work Culture
In November we celebrated Labor Day — our tribute to the American workforce. Yet, this year our claims of fidelity to the ideal of hard work as a path to a good life were muted by harsh reality. Only 43.7% of working-age Americans are employed full-time according to the August Gallup P2P numbers. However, a handful […]
Creating and Sustaining Employee “Fidelity” in the Workplace
Employee infidelity. It can be the demise of today’s businesses. But just what does it mean when employees are unfaithful to an organization? It means that a once solid relationship between employee and employer is now broken and the employee has moved on to a competitor willing to “woo” and nurture their expertise and talents. […]
How to Take Your Team Consulting Business To The Next Level
What is best – remote online consulting or onsite consulting? With the advent of coaching on line and on the phone, should consulting take the same route. Absolutely not and here is why. With the soaring use of independent consultants for business growth, culture refinement and team building activities, the strategy to work from a […]
Team Building Activities Re-engage a Disengaged Workforce
Business coaches and consultants with team building expertise have their work cut out for them in today’s corporate culture. 70% of American employees aren’t working to their full potential and they’re slowing economic growth. According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace: 2010-2012 report: out of the 70% disengaged employees – another 18% are actively disengaged. […]
7 Mistakes Business Consultants Make to Secure Steady Income
You’ve done it… you’re in business for yourself or are at least seriously thinking about taking the plunge. You’ve left the corporate 9:00- 5:00 world (nowadays more like 7:00 – 7:00) and have successfully started your own team building, training, consulting, or coaching business. You now choose your own clients, name your own hours, determine […]
