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Workplace Trends – Will it be Remote, Hybrid or Onsite?
The pros and cons of each workplace trend model
Bridging the Gap to Leadership – 3 Critical Skills
3 skills to bridge the gap to leadership
Ensuring Accountability: 6 Key Steps
6 key steps to ensure accountability
Leadership Training: Is It Worth the Investment?
Why leadership training is worth the investment
Civility at Work: Strategies to Cultivate Curiosity and Flexibility
How to promote civility in the workplace
Managing Stress: Six Tips to Recharge Your Energy
Managing your stress – 6 tips to recharge your energy and alleviate stress
Fostering Psychological Safety: The Key to Thriving Organizations
How to cultivate psychological safety within your teams
Essential Employee Appreciation: Are You Making the Grade?
Tips on how to show you value your staff on employee appreciation day and every day
From Tech Professional to Leader: Navigating That Transition like a Love Story
Think of the transition from tech professional to leader like a love affair with professional growth.
Navigating the New Year: I Don’t Need Another Thing To Do!
How to manage your own to do list and everything your team needs to accomplish
Embracing Compassionate Leadership During the Holiday Season
How to be a compassionate leader over the holidays
Spend Your Training Dollars Wisely and Start Your Team Off on the Right Foot in 2024
Spend training dollars wisely and start your team off on the right foot in 2024
Complex Decision-Making: Mitigating Confirmation Bias in Data Analysis and Input
Tips on navigating complex decision-making while countering confirmation bias in data analysis and input.
Essential Training for Managing a Hybrid Workforce
Leadership training needed to manage a hybrid workforce
The Transformative Power of Mentorship
The four roles of Mentorship In Leadership Training to ensure long-term success for individuals and the organization
Culture & Organizational Change During Company Acquisitions
The effect of organizational change on culture during company acquisitions to ensure a smooth and successful transition
Navigating Team Conflict with Finesse
Practical strategies to handle conflict to develop opportunities for growth and stronger teamwork.
The Synergy of Artificial Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence
How the synergy of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emotional Intelligence (EI) benefits engineers
Empowering Middle Managers with Leadership Training
Using leadership training to empower middle managers plays a crucial role in driving organizational success
How “Quiet Quitting” can be Solved by Leadership Training
Bad bosses are the primary reason for “Quiet Quitting”. Find out how Leadership Training helps to solve this industry-wide problem.
Why a Keynote Speaker is the Key Moment of Your Event: Understanding the Benefits and Importance
When it comes to events, the term “keynote” is often associated with a central and critical aspect of the program. This term has roots in the world of music where the keynote is the central or fundamental tone that sets the pitch for the other notes in a piece of...
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Workplace Trends – Will it be Remote, Hybrid or Onsite?
We may be in a post-pandemic world, but we’re still feeling the effects of workplace trends wrought by the pandemic. We learned how to work remotely, and many employees don’t want to go back. The workplace debate —remote, hybrid, or fully onsite—has intensified for...
Bridging the Gap to Leadership – 3 Critical Skills
You work in a technical field, and you know your stuff. You are respected for your knowledge in the field. And then, you are moved into a leadership position. In an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, new skills are needed. If you are like most, little has been...
Ensuring Accountability: 6 Key Steps
Accountability. It’s a hot topic of conversation and frequently a topic filled with frustration. Managers complain that staff don’t take responsibility for completing a job on time and with high quality, or that staff don’t take ownership for the work. It is easy to...
Leadership Training: Is It Worth the Investment?
You have goals for profit, pressure from clients, and expenses to manage. In that environment, how can you justify the financial and time investment in leadership training? After all, you need your top people working on projects that generate profit. In a competitive...
Civility at Work: Strategies to Cultivate Curiosity and Flexibility
Whether on television, social media, or in newspapers, it seems we’ve lost a sense of respect. Increasingly with clients, I hear concern about the lack of civility at work. Impoliteness, one-sided viewpoints, and terse language create a tense mood which isn’t helpful...
Managing Stress: Six Tips to Recharge Your Energy
Managing stress during Stress Awareness month - that stresses me out. It seems like everyone talks about being constantly busy and tired. It's a feeling of perpetual motion without much room to breathe. While the chaos can feel out of control, you are in control of...
Fostering Psychological Safety: The Key to Thriving Organizations
In the modern workplace, where collaboration, innovation, and productivity are paramount, the concept of psychological safety has emerged as a crucial factor in creating successful and high-performing teams. But what is psychological safety? Psychological safety...
Essential Employee Appreciation: Are You Making the Grade?
Employee Appreciation Day is March 1st. To what extent do your employees feel appreciated? What steps are you taking to celebrate their efforts? This is a good time to reflect on your practices and be reminded of the importance of creating an appreciative environment....
From Tech Professional to Leader: Navigating That Transition like a Love Story
Valentine's Day reminds us of the importance of human connection which is at the core of the transition from tech professional to a leader. To become a successful leader, think of it like a love affair with professional growth. Every good love affair has moments of...
Navigating the New Year: I Don’t Need Another Thing To Do!
As the calendar flips to a new year, you have a unique opportunity to reflect, recalibrate, and set the tone for the months ahead. For you, this may mean managing your personal to-do lists and orchestrating the efforts of your team. You can feel like the circus...
Embracing Compassionate Leadership During the Holiday Season
As the holiday season approaches, you, as a leader, are presented with a unique opportunity to embody and promote compassion within your teams and organizations. While the festive spirit can bring joy and excitement, it can also be a challenging time for many. As a...
Spend Your Training Dollars Wisely and Start Your Team Off on the Right Foot in 2024
As we approach the end of the year, strategic leaders and managers are gearing up to equip their teams with the skills and knowledge necessary for success in an ever-evolving technological landscape. The importance of investing in employee training cannot be...
Complex Decision-Making: Mitigating Confirmation Bias in Data Analysis and Input
Complex decision-making can be a treacherous undertaking that has the potential to shape organizations' destinies. Managers who are making these critical decisions heavily rely on data analysis and input from diverse sources. However, many managers don’t realize that...
Essential Training for Managing a Hybrid Workforce
Over the past two years, one trend has emerged as a transformative force in the modern workplace: the rise of the hybrid workforce. Millions of people and organizations around the world are now splitting their working hours between their home and office. As we...
The Transformative Power of Mentorship
In our current, fast-paced and ever-changing professional landscape, leadership development has emerged as a crucial aspect of personal and organizational growth. Mentorship programs have gained significant attention as an effective tool for fostering leadership...
Culture & Organizational Change During Company Acquisitions
In today's dynamic business landscape, organizational change is inevitable, especially during company acquisitions. The process of merging two companies brings forth a plethora of challenges, and one critical aspect that requires careful attention is the impact on...
Navigating Team Conflict with Finesse
Conflict can be a problem, but guess what? It's also an opportunity for growth and stronger teamwork. As a leader, you know that conflict is inevitable. Here we'll explore practical strategies to handle conflict. We'll also discuss the importance of leadership...
The Synergy of Artificial Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various industries, and engineering is no exception. As engineers, it is crucial to understand the evolving landscape of AI and its intersection with Emotional Intelligence (EI), particularly in the context of better...
Empowering Middle Managers with Leadership Training
Empowering middle managers plays a crucial role in driving organizational success, as they are responsible for executing strategy, leading teams, and driving innovation. According to a recent article by McKinsey & Company, they face a unique set of challenges,...
How “Quiet Quitting” can be Solved by Leadership Training
In recent years, there has been a growing concern in the modern workplace about the phenomenon of “quiet quitting”. This trend is characterized by employees doing only the bare minimum required for their jobs, with no extra effort, enthusiasm, or engagement. According...
Why a Keynote Speaker is the Key Moment of Your Event: Understanding the Benefits and Importance
When it comes to events, the term “keynote” is often associated with a central and critical aspect of the program. This term has roots in the world of music where the keynote is the central or fundamental tone that sets the pitch for the other notes in a piece of...
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