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Growing in Spite of Layoffs And Hiring Freezes

Growing in Spite of Layoffs And Hiring Freezes…

Layoffs are meant to strengthen the bottom line. And they do, numbers-wise, just in time for upcoming quarterly reports. Yet cutting costs i…

Community vs Culture<br />(a subpart of Compensation)

Community vs Culture
(a subpart of Compensa…

Last month we took a tour of some nuanced strategies to optimize employees’ total reward package. This month we’re addressing what might…

What Deserves Your Attention in Compensation? Compensation Trends for July 2024

What Deserves Your Attention in Compensation? Co…

While RIFs are a CFO’s best friend (bell curve – we know some outliers), layoffs have other costs…how do we motivate the remaining emp…

How Can GenAI Facilitate Team Collaboration?

How Can GenAI Facilitate Team Collaboration?…

Promises, promises. Are all the emails and headlines about new AI tools giving your inbox odd vibes where you want to swipe left? Yes, AI pr…

Grow In Ways You Can Control: Reskilling in a Tech Downturn

Grow In Ways You Can Control: Reskilling in a Te…

We’re either growing or declining. We can tell you which one we prefer 🙂 The winds of economic change are shifty. Shifting too, but als…

Return to Office Power Struggles- What’s Below the Surface

Return to Office Power Struggles- What’s Below…

RTO is surfacing old and new power struggles between employers and employees. And the power base continues to shift. Employers who champion …

PeopleOps Strategies for Iconic Companies

PeopleOps Strategies for Iconic Companies…

There is no safe harbor. A common assumption is that big companies can plow through rough seas more easily than smaller boats. In our experi…

Your Energetic Throughline

Your Energetic Throughline…

Where are you going while doing all the things? If remote work is the post-pandemic holy grail, why are people still so tired? We saw one …

PeopleOps / HR – From Early Stage, to Growth, to Iconic Company… What is needed?

PeopleOps / HR – From Early Stage, to Gro…

No matter what size company you’re in right now, these challenging economic conditions can feel like “uncertain waters.” Startups can …

How Learning Saves You Time

How Learning Saves You Time…

Are you a learning machine? And how do you view learning – as a separate act, integrated into your job, or both? For many leaders, learn…

Successful Teams – Clarity Provided by Oracles from Omaha, Harvard, and Tibet

Successful Teams – Clarity Provided by Ora…

Teams (well, good teams) are the key to worker wellness and retention When you add quiet quitting to the Great Resignation, employees are cl…

Rough Seas Ahead

Rough Seas Ahead…

Do you need an HR or Marketing Octopus or Shark for Year End? Fewer resources. Less stress. Those two variables don’t usually go togethe…

Hybrid + Economic Uncertainty is Hard. Recent Science Has Some Answers…

Hybrid + Economic Uncertainty is Hard. Recent Sc…

Even though remote and hybrid work may feel like a frustrating puzzle that keeps changing, the truth is knowledge workers have been edging c…

How Growth-Focused Companies Keep Strong Talent from Jumping Ship

How Growth-Focused Companies Keep Strong Talent …

Isn’t it interesting how facts and beliefs can be misaligned? Despite low unemployment of 3.5%, we’re noticing how leaders believe that …

The Cure for Quiet Quitting

The Cure for Quiet Quitting…

First, there was the Great Resignation. Which led to the difficult job market. And now there’s something new (because of course). It’s c…

Everyone’s Creative. CEOs to CPAs. Unlock Your Innovative Spirit (AND Your Team’s)

Everyone’s Creative. CEOs to CPAs. Unlock Your…

Ideas can come from anyone. Case in point: White Out was invented by a typist. It’s not limited to design or artistic roles. Your creative…

Make Your Team Magical: How-to Leverage An Intergenerational Workforce

Make Your Team Magical: How-to Leverage An Inter…

Real quick. It’s hard for companies (especially with this whole remote vs. hybrid vs. onsite cyclone storm still spinning) to retain “up…

4 Essentials in The Future of Teams

4 Essentials in The Future of Teams…

Here’s what we’re seeing across our clients. A colossal level of exhaustion. A tight labor market. Nervousness about returning “just t…

The Future of Skills: What is Your Skills Journey to 2025?

The Future of Skills: What is Your Skills Journe…

Half of us (just not you or me, right?) will need to reskill or upskill in the next five years, according to this article in the World Econo…

The Future of Teamwork: Hybrid & Evolving

The Future of Teamwork: Hybrid & Evolving…

The future of teamwork for organizations is: kind of messy. It’s more complicated than where we work…it’s about how we tea…

Avoiding How Bonus Season Can Also Be Exit Interview Season

Avoiding How Bonus Season Can Also Be Exit Inter…

We typically see a lot of movement into and out of companies this time of year, and it’s no coincidence that as bonuses come out, more peo…

What to Bring into 2022

What to Bring into 2022…

Big breaths… at the start of 2020, we were filled with optimism for a new world. We had a vaccine and hope that some things (not all t…

The Antidote To The Great Resignation

The Antidote To The Great Resignation…

It’s not easy, and also, it’s not that hard. What it is: putting someone (or a small team depending on your company size) focused on add…

How to change the odds in recruiting well with executive search

How to change the odds in recruiting well with e…

We’re all susceptible to outdated beliefs. Like how being famous, rich and powerful must also mean you’re exhausted, have no time for yo…

So much work. Too few people. How to solve it.

So much work. Too few people. How to solve it.…

Not sure if you’ve heard the news (j/k we totally know you have), but hiring is not much fun right now. The whiplash from early pandemic h…

Performance is not predicted by experience

Performance is not predicted by experience…

Counter intuitive ah-hahs are so intriguing, aren’t they? Well this is a big one. Who was hired at your company (or your prior company) …

Health. Pie. And Feelings. Ingredients to Beat Burnout.

Health. Pie. And Feelings. Ingredients to Beat B…

When you think of health, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it taking care of yourself with images of yoga, or maybe a quick p…

The Trick to Negotiating That Raise? Science.

The Trick to Negotiating That Raise? Science.…

Salary negotiations can be tough at any level, from associate to C-suite. Compensation packages are made up of a lot of moving parts, and pe…

Worried about losing key employees? How to keep talent today…and tomorrow

Worried about losing key employees? How to keep …

The number one question we get asked this time of year is how to slow down turnover as people look at the year ahead and (sometimes) long fo…

True or False: Interviews are Awesome

True or False: Interviews are Awesome…

True or False: Interviews are Awesome Trick question. They’re equal parts awesome and terrible. But they don’t have to be. Here are some…

The science behind a healthy work-life blend

The science behind a healthy work-life blend…

The science behind a healthy work-life blend What’s the perfect recipe for the most delicious work-life smoothie? There isn’t just one, …

Hiring? Consider the Individual vs Team Sport Approach

Hiring? Consider the Individual vs Team Sport Ap…

Hiring? Consider the Individual vs Team Sport Approach Sometimes, we all need a hero. But other times, we need the entire Justice League. We…

Weirdos Wanted: Discover The Power of Outsiders

Weirdos Wanted: Discover The Power of Outsiders…

Let’s be real. Fitting in can be overrated. After all, the people who make history aren’t conventional. Being an outsider may feel like …

Navigating Your Career (Lessons from Reid Hoffman & The Office)

Navigating Your Career (Lessons from Reid Hoffma…

When you think of Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn, you probably think he’s reasonably qualified to give advice on careers. I happen to…

How to Hire Fast?

How to Hire Fast?…

(Hint: Try the Warby Parker Way) Imagine you need to hire someone quickly. Perhaps your company’s hockey-stick growth isn’t exactly alig…

Building Your Career – What Matters?

Building Your Career – What Matters?…

We hear it so often: Follow your passions. Do what you love and the money will follow. But then we keep listening for more specific advice a…

Be Your Own Futurist

Be Your Own Futurist…

Here’s the fantastic thing about being a futurist — who knows if you’re wrong until much later? As much as I enjoy researching and exp…

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