An organization is only as good as its teamwork. While it’s tempting to blame individuals for dysfunction, neglecting to take the steps to build a cohesive team is often the root cause behind a team’s failing, or even simply lackluster,…
Learn how to manifest your dreams and goals in a fun environment! Supplies, food, and wine are all included!!! We are excited to have @traveling.gastronomist lead our yoga session and Author Catherine Scott-Pain,Survival,and Overcoming as our motivational speaker! Learn a…
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…
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…
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