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Contentment vs. Continuous Improvement Of all the qualities we look for in leaders, contentment isn’t one of them. The very idea of contentment – and a content leader – seems to be an attack on our sacred standard of continuous improvement. We each know this basic truth: things can always…
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Why Leaders Should Care (More) About Internal Communication Internal “marketing” is not just good for your people, it’s good for business. While 74% of employees feel they’re missing out on company updates, implementing or elevating internal communication practices can address this quickly and broadly. This is especially relevant with COVID-related…
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Shawn joins Kristin Gupta, host of Authentic Leadership and Defining Leaders, for a conversation about upholding organizational culture after chaos.
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Defining Employer Brand Tide. Gerber. Mattel. Nike. Dunkin’. When you think of any brand, different words, images and feelings that the brand evokes come to mind. As a business leader, you want consumers to think of your product or service first when they have a need. An employer brand is…
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This guest blog post was written by friend of humanworks8 Mina Kwak and is part of the Bursting Bubbles series. We are happy to share that since writing this post, Mina has accepted and started a new job! — Unpopular Opinion: Interviews are just first dates without the cocktails. 2020, amirite? Like so many…
Read More This guest blog post was written by friend of humanworks8 Tammy Ruh-Mertens and is part of the Bursting Bubbles series. — I was in my early 50’s when I had my first overnight stay in a hospital and when I was wheeled out 5 days later, I had a 6-inch…
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Are you a “boss” or a “leader?” Maybe you’ve seen an illustration like the one we’ve chosen for this blog. The leader is out in front, contributing to the mission and showing everyone how to pull the rope, but the “boss” sits and points – being pulled as they shout…
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Well-being goes beyond movement and it’s bigger than your benefits or total rewards package, though having philosophies and tactics in both of those areas may likely help to elevate your organization. Well-being is – and must be – about every facet of your life. The adage of, “If it’s everything,…
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At humanworks, we look at workplace culture through a lens of eight beliefs – We call them “The 8,” and each of them impacts the way an organization operates around well-being. While The 8 haven’t changed in the last year, our workplaces have and so have our employees. This…
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My Performance Review: I want to be a “5.” My leader was about to give me my annual performance review. Being a manager myself, I knew the drill. Each of the boxes my leader had filled out about me, I had already filled out for the members of my own…
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