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Music for Motivation and Resilience

Harmonious Workplaces

While I cannot ever claim to be a fitness expert, and I have a long way to go in my personal health goals, I have these programs to thank for my progress so far… plus an additional ingredient… Through the years, I have changed my workout routines, incorporating bodyweight training, trail running, and (my latest craze) kettlebell exercises.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Pizza parties (with dietary alternatives), happy hours, and office games like ping pong or video games can foster team bonding and employee engagement (Müceldili & Erdil, 2016). These lunch breaks reduce stress, allow people to feel more productive, and boost mental clarity plus happiness. A., & Latham, G.

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Servant Leaders Achieve Extraordinary Results

Rick Conlow

Adam Grant, management researcher and professor at the Wharton School of Business, shows in his book Give and Take that servant leaders are more productive and more highly regarded by employees. In addition, research by Hoch, Bommer, Dulebohn & Wu (2016) showed an additional 12% gain in outcomes beyond other studies.

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Why Character Matters in Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership character is shown to align the leader-follower relationship, increasing both leader and follower productivity, effectiveness, and creativity. Training helps create character muscle memory making the right decision automatically. Industrial and Commercial Training, 48 (8), 394-399. McMahon, B., Gonzalez, R.,

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To Combat Harassment, More Companies Should Try Bystander Training

Harvard Business

Many provide anti-sexual harassment training. It also costs billions in lost productivity, wasted talent, public penalties, private settlements, and insurance costs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its 2016 task force report encouraged employers to offer bystander training, for one. So what does work?

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

A global survey of over 5000 CEOs revealed that greater than 60 percent of organizations anticipate introducing new products or services to fuel their growth. Company cultures centered on efficiency thinking have flooded the marketplace with low-cost, widely available products and resulted in tremendous waste and social issues (Brown, 2009).

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

link] Culture Change Strategy #4: Deliberate role modeling and training How leaders act and behave outside of training is more significant than what is said or demonstrated within training events. The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (4), 763-781. References: Büschgens, T., Bausch, A., & & Balkin, D.

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