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High Impact Learning and Growth Opportunities
Gallup found that focusing on the learning and growth of employees is critical to engagement. In fact, employees who feel that they have...
Leslie Speas
Oct 3, 20232 min read


Impactful Coaching Conversations
Last week, I wrote about the importance of transitioning your bosses to coaches. Clearly, the first step is to develop your managers to...
Leslie Speas
Sep 20, 20233 min read


Boss to Coach - the #1 Way to Elevate Employee Engagement
This week, I am presenting on the above topic at the NC SHRM Conference so I thought I would post on this topic because it’s important...
Leslie Speas
Sep 16, 20232 min read


Derailing the Drama Triangle
Do you have drama in your workplace? I guess most of us do. As I shared in last week's post, research shows that the average employee...
Leslie Speas
Sep 1, 20234 min read


5 Ways to Deal with Drama Queens/Kings
Research by Cy Wakeman says that the average employee spends 2 hours and 26 minutes per day dealing with drama and emotion. What?!?...
Leslie Speas
Aug 26, 20232 min read


Holding a Kicka$$ Offsite (or Onsite Offsite)
What is an offsite and why is it important? A team offsite is a meeting with the team (preferably outside the office) where work and...
Leslie Speas
Aug 19, 20234 min read


2 Ways to Increase Empathy and Reduce Drama on Your Team
Personality assessments are a great way to increase understanding of others and the way that they approach work and life. As additional...
Leslie Speas
Aug 13, 20234 min read


Team Purpose to Enhance Productivity and Reduce Drama
No one really wishes to simply achieve tasks with no meaning behind them. We want something out of our work beyond the simple pursuit of...
Leslie Speas
Aug 5, 20232 min read


Team Ground Rules to Reduce Drama and Up Accountability
Would you like to have less drama and more accountability on your team? This strategy can help! Team Ground Rules These are guidelines...
Leslie Speas
Jul 30, 20233 min read


How Do I Know What the Culture of my Workplace or Team REALLY Is?
Over the last few weeks, we have: · Learned what culture is and why it’s not fluffy · Discovered 5 misconceptions about...
Leslie Speas
Jul 22, 20233 min read


7 Must-Haves for a Great Workplace Culture
Over the last few weeks, we have talked about – What culture is, why it’s important, and what a toxic culture looks like Dealing with a...
Leslie Speas
Jul 15, 20233 min read


5 of the Biggest Misconceptions About Culture
1. Culture is fluffy. Through my posts over the last few weeks, I've communicated just how essential culture is to an...
Leslie Speas
Jul 8, 20233 min read


When You Work with a Jerk...
Have you ever worked with a jerk? My guess would be that most of us have. I have certainly worked with some - and even reported to a...
Leslie Speas
Jun 30, 20233 min read


Culture Isn't Fluffy
You’ve probably heard the quote by Peter Drucker, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” It’s true! You can have a great product or plan,...
Leslie Speas
Jun 23, 20232 min read


Demystifying This Quiet Stuff Part 3 - Quiet Hiring
So far, we have explored quiet quitting and quiet firing. There’s another phenomenon on the horizon called “quiet hiring.” It has been...
Leslie Speas
Jun 18, 20232 min read


Demystifying This Quiet Stuff Part 2 - Quiet Firing
In last week's post, we talked about quiet quitting – now let’s move on to quiet firing. What is quiet firing? Quiet firing occurs when a...
Leslie Speas
Jun 9, 20232 min read


Demystifying This Quiet Stuff Part 1 - Quiet Quitting
During the pandemic, quiet quitting emerged as a much-publicized trend in the U.S. and elsewhere. The term was driven by Gen Z workers...
Leslie Speas
Jun 1, 20232 min read


Make Your Hiring Decision Great!
Most people involved in hiring have probably made what we might call a “bad hire” at some point in time. Bad hires take up a lot of time...
Leslie Speas
May 25, 20232 min read


Maximizing the Interview
To continue the series of posts to help you elevate your hiring process, we will review some tips for maximizing the interview process....
Leslie Speas
May 19, 20234 min read


Tips for Elevating Your Hiring Process
I’m sure that you’ve noticed that hiring and retaining talented employees isn’t so easy these days. As mentioned last week, I'm focusing...
Leslie Speas
May 13, 20232 min read
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