by Darrin Murriner The ideal company culture is the one that allows you to execute your strategy in an effective way. I know that is a bit of a cop out, but the reality is
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Companies May Think They Have Integrity Until They Get Skewered
During the COVID-19 pandemic, some businesses have made tough decisions that have earned them goodwill and loyalty from employees and consumers alike, while others have made decisions that they will be explaining away for years.
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July Spotlight: A Focus on Professional Skills
Storytelling, Generational Insights, Workplace Engagement, and Dealing with Change … all timely topics that we address in this month’s Spotlight. Each month, Soundview summarizes many books that will help you strengthen your career skills. To
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10 Ingredients in Effective Employment Engagement Strategies
by Dr. Rick Goodman Not all employment engagement strategies are created equal. The approach that unifies and mobilizes one team may not work as well in a different workplace context. With that said, I truly
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How to Optimize Your Company for Employee Retention
by MicroStartups.org Imagine finding a wilting plant in the wild and transplanting it to your garden for emergency treatment. As the weeks and months go by, you shelter it from the elements, nurture it as
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Culture is How a Company Makes Decisions
Book Review by Andy Ghillyer Your company will develop a culture with or without you. If that culture isn’t purposeful, it may well deteriorate into a mess of questionable decision-making and an even more questionable
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What Takes the Human Energy Out of an Organization?
What happens to employees when they lose their way amidst change, when they become unplugged from purpose, connection, direction, meaning, and value––when they, in a word, lose their energy? Unplugged: How Organizations Lose Their Energy
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Create a Cohesive, Collaborative Workplace Culture
Companies spend millions on legal compliance training and initiatives to eliminate workplace drama and the resulting low morale and lawsuits, but don’t always get the results they want. In The Drama-Free Workplace, attorney and HR
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Beyond Happiness
by Moe Carrick This is a rant. I am tired of people I meet saying, “oh you are the one that helps people feel happy at work, right?”, often when they see my book FIT
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3 Critical Cultural Elements Leaders Must Focus On
Energize Your Company’s Culture by Choosing What Really Matters The fate of any change effort depends on whether and how leaders engage their culture. Culture is implicit rather than explicit, emotional rather than rational –
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Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work
Imagine a company where everyone loves to work, where employees feel not just “satisfied” but truly cared for, respected and energized. Think of the impact this would have on recruitment, retention, customer satisfaction, innovation and
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