Building High Performance Teams & Organizations is Hard Work By Robert (Dusty) Staub Let’s get real, people. Building high performance teams and organizations that are sustainable is quite difficult to do. They do NOT occur by … Read More
Effective Leading Requires Exposing Your Intentions
Are you establishing the context, the goal or vision for what you wish to achieve? One of the most significant mistakes that I see managers, supervisors and would-be leaders make when they are trying to … Read More
Staub HILS Training: A Millennial’s Experience
by Shannon Conway “What do you want to do after you graduate?” is a question most college students dread answering. As a 21-year-old junior at High Point University (High Point, NC) one of my greatest … Read More
Hiring Quality Employee Ambassadors
Your employees are your ambassadors to the business world. They are the face of your company as they are the one with whom your clients and customers interact. What your employees do and say reflects … Read More
Leaders know they are being shaped even as they shape others
Leaders are people who help shape the reality around them. That much is obvious. It can also be argued that leaders themselves are shaped by the very words and actions they use to influence their … Read More
What can managers do to improve their employees’ experience?
Want to prevent employee turnover and create a company culture that attracts high level talent? All of the research on employee engagement shows that the direct supervisor has the biggest impact on whether an employee … Read More
Interviewing for Character
When interviewing a potential employee, we are looking not only at the competency the person brings to the table, but also at the character they will bring to the organization. How do you search out … Read More
Cell Phones and Workplace Productivity
A recent CareerBuilder article listed cell phones as the number one productivity killer in the workplace. Is this the case, and are cell phones really the source of the issue? I would argue that cell … Read More
How social media could be hurting your organization:
Social media is so big today, and it is even playing a role in recruiting and job searching. This can be such a big positive, but if you are not running a company with satisfied … Read More
Returnships
Are you a part of the 15 % of the workforce that is still unemployed? You might want to consider a non-paid internship. If you see that your career is winding down, your organization is … Read More