Does Good Team Work Generate Great Jobs and Profits?
What happens when business leaders “do well and do good” regardless of the economy? A rhetorical question? No. Absolutely not. In the wake of years of under-employment and wage stagnation cased by one of the longest recessions in U.S. history, a new report from The Hitachi Foundation identifies the policies and practices that are empowering […]
Top Companies That Exemplify The Best Leadership
At TIGERS Success Series we have been teaching for over two decades that good leadership is intentionally developed within organizations. Good leadership does not happen by default or by position. And, it is a mission critical goal for business owners who stagnate their companies through ineffective practices that result in high turnover and flat profits. […]
Creating and Sustaining Employee “Fidelity” in the Workplace
Employee infidelity. It can be the demise of today’s businesses. But just what does it mean when employees are unfaithful to an organization? It means that a once solid relationship between employee and employer is now broken and the employee has moved on to a competitor willing to “woo” and nurture their expertise and talents. […]
How to Take Your Team Consulting Business To The Next Level
What is best – remote online consulting or onsite consulting? With the advent of coaching on line and on the phone, should consulting take the same route. Absolutely not and here is why. With the soaring use of independent consultants for business growth, culture refinement and team building activities, the strategy to work from a […]
Encourage Risk-Taking to Bolster Team Building Success
Risk is defined as a ‘situation involving exposure to danger or failure.’ So when you mention the word, risk, several emotions come to mind such as: Fear Failure Stress Anxiety But without the element of risk, there would be no new discoveries, innovation, or progress – especially in the world of business. Without risk, organizations […]
Replace a Cut-Throat Work Culture with an Empathetic Culture To Spark Engagement
When you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, you understand their situation, feelings, and motives. That’s empathy…and today’s corporations, leaders, and employees seem to come up short on this basic soft skill. Empathy is a skill important to building good workforce relationships. When individuals are empathetic, they recognize emotions being experienced by another, […]
Team Building Activities Re-engage a Disengaged Workforce
Business coaches and consultants with team building expertise have their work cut out for them in today’s corporate culture. 70% of American employees aren’t working to their full potential and they’re slowing economic growth. According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace: 2010-2012 report: out of the 70% disengaged employees – another 18% are actively disengaged. […]
Got Employee Engagement?
[jwplayer mediaid=”3933″] Click Here To Get Immediate Access To Engagement, Retention and Growth Details Now! Got employee engagement? There’s been a lot of buzz lately about employee engagement. So … what is it? By most definitions employee engagement is an employee’s level of involvement, emotional commitment and personal satisfaction with their job and where they […]
Are Women Leaders Still Slamming Into The Glass Ceiling?
An in-depth survey of women in leadership roles at the Am Law 100, the largest U.S. law firms, finds the glass ceiling largely intact. When I read reports like this I wonder whether women leaders in this position should launch out on their own? Why press your nose against the glass when collaboration could transpire […]
7 Mistakes Business Consultants Make to Secure Steady Income
You’ve done it… you’re in business for yourself or are at least seriously thinking about taking the plunge. You’ve left the corporate 9:00- 5:00 world (nowadays more like 7:00 – 7:00) and have successfully started your own team building, training, consulting, or coaching business. You now choose your own clients, name your own hours, determine […]