Culture Carriers Reveal an Organization’s Best Self, Inside and Out The people who really put your company’s values into practice, from those working the front desk to those in the corner office, model behavior for others to follow and drive culture change. They embody the traditions, heritage and values that come to define an organization. [...]
Learn to Pitch Effectively to Score More Wins If you own your own business, mastering the art of the pitch is fundamental to gaining investors, loans, clients and even employees. People need to understand your vision and how you will make it a reality. The same is true for company leaders pitching big ideas for [...]
Make a Graceful Exit and Open the Door to Future Connections No matter how much you love your job, at some point, it may be time to move on. Perhaps you’re ready to make the leap to entrepreneurship after years as an employee, want to switch industries or have just landed a better job with [...]
How Helping Others Helps You Too The U.S. Celebrates National Volunteer Month A strong body of research shows that giving to others activates regions in the brain associated with pleasure, social connection and trust that can foster a “helper’s high.” Even among folks who are sick or elderly, volunteering and giving to others has been [...]
Four Ways to Support Team Members Dealing with Stress April is UK Stress Awareness Month #choosehope It’s been a tough couple of years, and workplaces continue to deal with a broad range of challenges on top of the “normal” demands of high-paced business environments. As a leader, you not only need effective tools for managing [...]
Write a Business Plan That Gets Attention and Drives Buy In The term can ring a little dull at first, but an effective business plan should be anything but ho-hum. It’s meant to be a catalyst that motivates investors to put their money behind a startup; gets a bank to greenlight a loan; causes a [...]
Celebrate Women’s History Month Applying Inclusive Leadership to Conflict Resolution The variety of perspectives and backgrounds that can drive greater workplace creativity and innovation — the kind of variety we celebrate during Women’s History Month as we focus on key contributions of women in all facets of society — can also make it harder to [...]
Celebrate Women’s History Month A Key Ingredient to Work-Life Balance is Getting a Life Stretched thin trying to meet the demands of work and needs of family, women can find themselves drawn into so many different roles that they wonder if a “whole self” still exists. A study by the Center for Creative Leadership found [...]
Celebrate International Women’s Day March 8 Hello Men . . . Here’s How You Can #embraceequity and Move the Needle Just as white allies are critical to expanding racial equity, male champions are necessary to drive gender equity. International Women’s Day, March 8, is a great time to celebrate women’s achievements and step up your [...]
Celebrate Black History Month Helping Black Professionals Thrive in America’s Workplaces Many Black children and teens grow up hearing the message from well-meaning parents and other adults that they need to work twice as hard to have their performance considered half as good in a dominant white culture. The constant burden of being judged more [...]
