What does your office’s physical space say about your company’s culture? Is it a testament to the values that your organization espouses? Every company, from the smallest upstart, to multinational behemoths, telegraphs what is truly important to them in the way they configure the spaces in which their workers eat, meet, analyze and socialize. In…
Emerging Workforce Study Highlights Key Worker Mindsets
I’m a sponsored blog partner with Spherion (a staffing and recruiting organization) and am participating in the release of findings from Spherion’s upcoming Emerging Workforce Study. All opinions are mine. Emerging workforce trends should be top-of-mind for both HR professionals and senior leadership in any organization. That’s why it’s so helpful when industry leaders in the…
When Leaders Should Demand Extreme Excellence
Daniel Goleman, pioneering researcher of emotional intelligence, recently poked holes in the common leadership refrain of “excellence at all costs.” In the early 2000’s Goleman identified six leadership styles, one of which was the “Pacesetting” style, characterized as a leader who: Sets high standards for performance and models those standards him or herself Has a…
Want to Be More Creative at Work? 7 Ideas to Help You Get Started
Does your company allow you to block off time in your work day for creativity—a time devoted to ideation, and not connected to a project that is currently in the works? (Hint: if you have no idea what I’m talking about, the answer is “no.”) It’s a fairly unique concept, this notion of employees outside…
How Do You Make People Feel at Work?
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I offer up this Friday Food for Thought: How will you make people feel today?