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Retention Without Raises: How to Keep Top Talent When Budgets Are Tight

Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Employee Engagement, Employee Hiring & Retention, Featured Article / Maggie Sass, PhD

When promotions are paused, hiring is frozen, and compensation budgets are flat, organizations often brace for talent exits. The fear is understandable, and in many cases, justified. But here’s what’s often missed: Most people don’t leave because of the paycheck. According to iHire’s 2024 Talent Retention Report, just 20% of employees cited pay as the primary…

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Who You Are Is How You Lead: A Generational Leadership Challenge

Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Popular Article / Ross Blankenship

Picture this: You’re giving feedback to your team. You’re doing it exactly the way you learned to do at that expensive leadership training you once went to. You’ve set the context, made a direct comment about the behavior you observed and the impact of that behavior, and you’re establishing clear expectations for going forward. This…

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Enhancing Workplace Morale: 7 Effective Employee Recognition Strategies

Corporate Culture, Empathy & Trust, Employee Engagement, Productivity & Performance / Josh Rosenthal

Recognizing employees for their contributions is pivotal in fostering a positive work culture, boosting morale, and elevating performance. However, it is not as simple as it may seem. To have their intended impact, recognition efforts must be intentional, personalized, timely, and embedded into the workplace culture. In other words, we need an integrated approach. Here…

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Mental Health in the Workplace

Leave a Comment / Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Well-Being / Dimyas Perdue

It is common knowledge that the way a person feels is directly correlated to how they perform, thus the topic of mental health in the workplace. Despite this understanding, both individuals and organizations struggle to balance mission success with team members’ emotional well-being. So, what are the results of this? Poor emotional awareness often leads…

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The Power of Emotional Intelligence: A Guide to Effective Training Needs Assessment

Leave a Comment / Corporate Culture, Empathy & Trust, Employee Engagement, Productivity & Performance / Josh Rosenthal

What is a Training Needs Assessment? Training needs assessment is the systematic process of identifying gaps in knowledge, skills, and competencies within an organization. It helps determine the training requirements necessary to bridge those gaps and enhance individual and organizational performance. A well-executed training needs assessment ensures that training programs are targeted, relevant, and aligned…

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Dear Leadership, Your People are Not Okay

Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Human-Centric Approach, Leadership, Team Collaboration / Taryn McKenzie

Dear Leadership, This is the article that your employees wish they could send you right now. Your workplace is abruptly changing and your employees are not okay. We hear it on a daily basis. Employees are feeling disengaged, leaders are burnt out, and teams are feeling disconnected. It’s becoming harder and harder to deny that…

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Why Focus on Emotional Intelligence?

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Employee Engagement, Human-Centric Approach, Team Collaboration / Taryn McKenzie

Emotional Intelligence training focuses on the outcomes that matter most to an organization at every level—from employees to leaders to the organization at large. Organizations: From Disconnected to Aligned The EQ Impact: All too often corporate training only happens at the top. However, if employees at every level have access to essential EQ skills, there…

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The 3 Keys to Leading Engaged Teams

Leave a Comment / Employee Engagement, Leadership, Team Collaboration / Sheri Duchock

There is no “I” in “Team.” We have heard this inaccurate phrase for decades as coaches try to encourage athletes and leaders try to inspire team members to work together. [1] The truth is, there is more than one “I” in team—one for each member! So, leading a team is actually a balancing act that…

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10 Habits of Ultra-Likable Leaders

Leave a Comment / Active Listening, Employee Engagement, Human-Centric Approach, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likeable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of

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Why Emotional Intelligence Can Save Your Life?

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Employee Engagement, Human-Centric Approach, Team Collaboration / Travis Bradberry

Why focus on emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the “something” in each of us that affects how we manage behavior, navigate social complexities, and make personal decisions that achieve positive results. It is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your…

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