Posts Tagged ‘workplace culture’
Design a workplace that reinforces your culture
This guest post is by Barbara T. Armstrong, a principal at Kahler Slater, a global architecture, design and consulting enterprise specializing in Total Experience Design. To request a copy of the white paper “Great Culture, Great Workplace,” e-mail her at barmstrong(at)kahlerslater.com. Attracting and retaining talent is at the top of the agenda for CEOs, according [...]
How to develop a culture of innovation
This guest post is by Randal Moss, who has helped organizations big and small develop innovation programs to become truly creative workplaces. He is a co-author of “The Future of Nonprofits: Innovate and Thrive in the Digital Age.” Check out the book at its website and Facebook page. Innovation: It’s a hot-button word in every [...]
Design for conflict: Why you should have a few fights in your company
This post is by Greg Kesler and Amy Kates, managing partners at Kates Kesler Organization Consulting, the authors of “Leading Organization Design: How to Make Organization Design Decisions to Drive the Results You Need.” The authors consult with global companies trying to maximize value-delivery through organization design. E-mail them at greg@kateskesler.com and amy@kateskesler.com. Get ready [...]
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How to communicate business without loaded industry jargon; what it takes for women to demand respect in the boardroom; and how to pass the throne in your business without conflict. It’s all on this past week’s top 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Leadership: 7 ways to make your English teacher proud Are you falling [...]
Does cultural fit matter?
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Have you ever fired someone because they weren’t a good cultural fit? Somewhat — it has been a factor before but it [...]
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This post was written by SmartBrief’s Linsey Isaacs. How Time Inc. used “office culture” to cut their losses ; why some companies are reevaluating their tuition reimbursement programs; and how start-up company can compete with big-name corporations to hire the best interns. It’s all on this past week’s top 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on [...]
Make your workplace one of the “Best”
This guest post is by Jill J. Morin, CEO of Kahler Slater, an interdisciplinary design and consulting company. She is author of “Better Make It Real: Creating Authenticity in an Increasingly Fake World.” You can contact her by e-mail. Recently, the Great Place to Work Institute announced the winners of its seventh annual “Best Small-Business [...]
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What respect means to a good workplace; how technology is attacking your attention span; and why recruiters on Facebook freak out young job seekers. It’s all on this past week’s top 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce: 5 ways to make your workers love their jobs Google fires worker who broke news of 10% [...]
