My husband was recently asked by his organization (a mid-sized American brewery) to take a trip to Strasbourg, France to better understand the hop growing operation of a new partner who would be supplying hops … Read More
Are You an Exceptional Leader?
We exist to help our client organizations use employee and manager surveys as business intelligence. It almost seems unconscionable to think that some of our client managers question the importance of helping employees feel valued … Read More
Communication is Key in Times of Change
We are often asked to assist organizations through the process of implementing significant change. A common reaction to change is some serious resistance which is met with impatience and irritability on the part of the … Read More
33% of change initiatives fail… Do you know what it takes to lead in times of change?
Research by John Kotter in 1996 found that only one in three change programs succeed. Since then, many other researchers have confirmed this statistic. The reasons for failed change are many. People are naturally inclined … Read More
Executive Engagement
One of the critical drivers of organizational transformation is the involvement of executive leaders in the transformation process. We recently surveyed with an international company and the results indicated a significant distrust in senior leadership … Read More
Are you feeding into leadership dysfunction?
The pressures of leadership are many – having responsibility for the success of the organization, and perhaps more importantly, the lives of the employees, customers and communities leaders serve can be a heavy burden. And … Read More
Demystifying Survey Statistics
The role of HR is changing in many ways. One major shift is the use of HR analytics for data-driven decision making. After working with HR for many years, I have lost count of the … Read More
The Big Data Boom: Helping Leaders Accomplish Strategic Priorities
According to a Big Data @ Work study of 1,144 organizations in over 90 countries, conducted by the University of Oxford School of business in conjunction with IBM, “The most effective big data solutions identify … Read More
Business Analytics are all the Rage: Should HR Care?
There has been a lot of buzz lately about business analytics, predictive analytics, and big data. Organizations are using such methods to predict behaviors of customers, understand marketing and sales strategies, and inform strategic decisions. … Read More
The Peter Principle: 5 signs you are a “Peter”
Our research continuously shows that organizations are better at achieving results than valuing people. If most people will tell you that valuing people is critical to accomplishing results, why is it that so many organizations … Read More