How to Succeed at New Year’s Resolutions
The beginning of the new year is a time to pause and think about what we would like for ourselves in the future. Many, if not most of us, at least contemplate New Year’s resolutions, if only to dismiss them…
Top Three Reasons to Build a Culture of Gratitude at Work
You’ve probably heard of the many benefits of gratitude in your personal life -- increased feelings of happiness, improved relationships, better mental health, better immune function and sleep, even improved cardiovascular health -- but you may not have realized how…
How Adaptable Leaders Bring out the Best in Employees
The people in your organization deserve competent leadership, but it’s not always obvious how to cultivate leadership potential. Fortunately, there is clear framework than can help employees develop their effectiveness as leaders: situational leadership. Developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard,…
Harnessing the Power of Work Styles
It’s not just skills and knowledge that determine the success of an employee or team -- the personalities of employees play a crucial role as well. Risk-taking or stability-seeking, direct or diplomatic, people bring very different ways of relating to…
Employee Learning Lets the Light In
It’s inevitable, and often positive, that we fall into habits at work. We learn ways to do our jobs that work well, or at least well enough, and these habitual ways of thinking and behaving enable us to get things…
Nanci is Speaking at NCSHRM 2018!
Please join Nanci Appleman-Vassil, founder/CEO of APLS Group, for her workshop 18 Common Mistakes Leaders Make at NCSHRM’s Legendary Leadership conference on September 25 in Pinehurst, NC. Attendees will learn to identify the common pitfalls of leadership and walk away…
Feedback Article
Don’t Be Afraid of Feedback What comes to mind when you hear the word feedback? Does the mention of the word make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end? Do you think of feedback as business…
APLS Receives HUB Certification
APLS Group has been certified as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) with the state of North Carolina. This designation recognizes APLS Group as a woman-owned firm eligible for state procurement and contracting opportunities.
APLS Group Now Offers Leadout Leadership Training Simulation!
Looking for a fun, unique way to develop leadership knowledge and skill? Try Leadout: An Experience in Leadership®. Using a real-life business scenario, Leadout offers trainers a stimulating, time-tested, exceptional activity for developing leadership and building teams. Through the power of experiential learning,…
APLS Group to Attend NC SHRM State Conference
We are proud to announce that we will be exhibiting for the 4th year at the North Carolina SHRM State Conference September 27 to 29, 2017. We will be making connections and sharing our thoughts of what the Human Resources…