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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 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.
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,…
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…
Join Nanci at the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce monthly Talent Strategies Workshop where she will be presenting "The 90/10 Rule for Successful Organizations." Workshop Overview: As a leader, do you inspire and motivate others to get the work done, or…