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Seven Tips to Build Business Success through Team Work and Employee Friendly Work Cultures

Business success – how do you define it? Profits, bottom lines, market share, company size? Maybe not. According to employees in the Denver area – it’s all about an employee friendly work culture. Companies that encourage teamwork and employee-friendly work cultures see greater productivity and employee loyalty. The Denver Post recently published the results of […]

Is Success Measured by Wealth or Personal Fulfillment?

What makes you feel more successful — feeling personally fulfilled or wealthy? According to a recent study by American Express, personal fulfillment is more important. This means that throwing cash at employees to boost their motivation is not as smart as giving employees a sense of accomplishment, being respected though team work and fulfilled. In […]

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 […]

Kent Evan’s Pie in the Sky for the 4th of July Team Win

Deanna Wharwood gave me the great pleasure to speak on her radio program for Military personnel and their family members who are integrating back into civilian life.  So, when a friend told me about the Massive Care Package for U.S. Troops that has been recognized by Guinness Book of World Records for the largest pizza […]

Will Sales Spikes Do To Tax Refunds Lag In 2013?

How do companies measure productivity? One way is through increased sales. Recently we launched a complimentary training program for Team Development Consultants, and one of the biggest mistakes that keep team development consultants under paid, under booked and unappreciated is the failure to help companies measure the return on their investment. So for those companies […]

Picking Team Favorites Is Not A Bad Idea for Leaders

One of the best things about our Facebook Team Building Success Business page and our LinkedIn activity is the stimulating conversations we engage in around the topic of Team Culture and Team Dynamics. One of the topics of discussion is whether leaders should instill the feeling that all team members are unique and add value.  […]

Bringing Employees On Board to Champion Change – 2013 Trend #2

“People resist change. If these people are your senior executives and mid managers, and employees, the upset is often expressed as resistance and this explains why out of every 100 change efforts, more than 66 fail. People do not champion what they resist” –Engagement, Retention & Growth. In a recent blog, 2013 Business Trends, I […]

Ben & Jerry’s: Cultivating A Human Culture in Business

A business associate from London and I were having breakfast when she said, “At Will employment is inhuman. Isn’t that an excuse for bad bosses to shirk their responsibility to their employees by simply cutting their losses any time they want to?” I think so. When poor leadership planning and decisions result in layoffs or […]

6 Management Mistakes Your Team Development Tools Must Address to Retain Top Talent

 Oops…another stellar performing employee just handed their pink slip to their employer. Many organizations, both large and small, often find themselves in a quandary when their top performing employees walk out the door taking their talents with them. These employees leave for a myriad of reasons which could easily be addressed and resolved by the […]