Inspiring Management Tips
Why Professional Development is So Important — Right Now!
During the April 2020 free Flash Consulting Power Hour, we hosted Emily Benson, PhD, to talk about the importance of professional development. Emily shared ways to make development accessible and meaningful. We addressed how the pandemic could actually bring benefits to self-exploration. It may not be intuitive but a crisis can bring clarity to some things we may have struggled with before. Listen in and find many tips for managers, ensuring teams are always learning, resulting in organizational health.
Bad Communication = Toxic Workplace Culture
If you’ve got “bad” communication going on in your organization, it’s not just going to blow over. In fact, communication is one of the keys to a consistently healthy culture. When you replace it with trademarks like harshness, one-sidedness, or even intimidation, the result is a toxic workplace culture. In that kind of environment, it’s…
March 2020 Power Hour: Introducing Everything DiSC® Agile EQ™!
The more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous our working environments become, the more critical a truly agile workforce is to success. That’s why we focused on an exciting new offering at this month’s Flash Consulting Power Hour! Listen in, as Jeni Callihan talks all things emotional intelligence and explain why an agile workforce is critical for…
Virtual Workshop: Everything DiSC® Style Secrets for Working from Home
UPDATE: This workshop was delivered in April and is now available upon request. Reach out to us if you’d like us to have this content delivered for your team! WHAT: Join us for this interactive and informative Morning Hour Workshop on working from home! WHERE: Your home office (aka the living room, guest room, wherever…
Employee engagement ideas that work
Employee engagement matters. And according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace, only 15 percent of employees are engaged in the workplace. If someone is disinterested, lacking skills, or feeling bad about the work environment, how would you expect their performance to be? Of course, it will suffer. That’s why it’s critical that you find…
Setting boundaries builds strong relationships
Things move fast in today’s workplace. And for good reason. Being nimble to adjust to changing landscapes is crucial. But there are some things that can’t be rushed, like the quality of strong work relationships. They are built with each interaction, either moving positively or negatively as we work on setting boundaries. Getting to know…
February 2020 Power Hour: Hear a Client Experience
Each month, we come together to share stories and experiences that will help others. The session we heard insights from successful entrepreneur, Jim Callihan, who offered his perspective about how the tools and services by PeopleSense made a difference in his growing business. Listen in — and learn the special connection with our newest team…
Team dynamics take time and patience
Not everyone works like you do. While that might seem obvious, it’s easy to forget, which can derail progress and your team dynamics! It’s challenging when you’re trying to accomplish something with someone who has a completely foreign approach. Instead of recognizing and appreciating the difference, we start to get tense and frustrated that things aren’t…
Compassionate Leadership: Beyond the Obvious
Have you, as a leader, ever overlooked some key element because you were so focused on the problem at hand? Sometimes, talking about compassionate leadership means really listening to an underperforming employee, getting to the root of a “bad” hire, or trying something new with a team that’s totally out of sync. An unconventional approach…
Team Dynamics: Is your new employee a fit?
When things don’t work out the way you planned, it’s easy to think you failed. Our tendency is to stick with a plan, even when serious flags are evident, because we think we can make the team dynamics work or even worse—that we can get someone to change their ways (instead of honoring that person’s…
