A scorecard for your Wellness initiative

Until recently, employee benefits costs—healthcare, in particular—have been considered a necessary cost of doing business, external to a company’s core products or services. An emerging school of thought, however, suggests that employee wellness affects much more than a company’s...

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Taking Action Against Distractions

Distractions. While one might expect this is simple to define, I say it is anything but! Is social (virtual) networking a distraction? Is answering the phone a distraction? In my terms—with an eye on alignment between action and Strategy—I...

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Wow! Getting to core team w/ core values

This Wow! is again for many, although fewer than before. It is for the team remaining after reorganizing: a core, value-sharing team. A team that rallied to stop the bleeding caused by misguided employees, contractors and vendors. This core...

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First, ask and engage people. “Connection Series”    Part 2

Here’s the first step to connecting people to and into your performance management system: Asking and engaging. It seems so simple, yet without a system to help us (leaders) do so, our best laid plans and intentions get pushed...

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Better decisions with less effort. Introducing the “Connection Series” Part 1

It’s time for a transformation, and I’m leading the charge. No, I’m not going to teach you to be an analyst. What I will explain is how you—an HR or executive leader—can takes steps to connect people to, and...

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