By Adrian Gostick – Speaker on Leadership, Anxiety in the Workplace and Employee EngagementAfter two years of stress and anxiety—of uncertainty, resignations, and months out of the office in isolation—many leaders are ready to admit that the workplace we knew before March of 2020 is not coming back.As…
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The 6 Secrets of Successful Hybrid Workplaces
September always feels like the start of a new year, with a shift to cooler weather and kids returning to school. This year that feeling feels like it has been multiplied with not only kids returning to their old stomping grounds, but adults too… and often in…
How to Create an Inclusive Workplace
Over the last two weeks, we have been doing a deep dive into how organizations can become more diverse and inclusive and why this is so important for not only their cultures but for their bottom lines. A 2018 report by McKinsey Consulting found that companies…
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity – Why are they so important?
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are hot topics right now. But do you know why? Here is a short infographic that illustrates 7 benefits to actively building and maintaining an organization that holds Diversity, Equity & Inclusion as core values. Over the last week, we have been looking at the importance…
How to Build Trust in a Digital World
For as long as people have been working together, trust has played a role in who we dealt with, sold to, purchased from, or shook hands with. However, as virtual interactions became the norm over the last year, trust between colleagues, businesses, and individuals took on a different…
Case Study: Team Synergy with Robyn Benincasa
TEAM SYNERGY STUDY: Robyn Benincasa helps an international food services organization encourage their teams to pull together and get back to their ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM motto after the COVID Pandemic lockdown and remote working conditions. The Challenge (The Ask/The Task) The client requested a Speaker who…
Why Leaders Must Choose Compassion Over Empathy
By Colette Carlson – Author & Motivational Speaker on Human Behaviour and Communications As a keynote speaker on the topics of leadership, connection, resilience, and relationships, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about empathy versus compassion over the past year. In fact, in my…
How To Get Others To Be Less Resistant To Change
By Dr. Nicole Lipkin – Organizational Psychologist & Speaker on Leadership and Mental Agility If you’ve ever tried breaking an old habit, you know how hard it can be. When a habit is ingrained in our brain it creates neural pathways that are comfortable for synapses to travel…
Why Your Business Should be More like The Oak Ridge Boys
By Scott McKain – Dynamic Speaker on Innovation, Sales & Customer Service When I was about 16 years old, the manager of the small-town radio station I worked for told me that we were going to be emceeing the concert of a gospel quartet. As you can imagine, to…
Is Your Inner Narrator Behaving?
By Meg Soper – Speaker on Resilience & Teamwork In my April Blog (When You Can’t Go Out, Go Within) I explored the importance of being mindful of where we direct our mental energy, during these very challenging times. Given that we have somewhere around 50 thousand thoughts…