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

Harmonious Workplaces

Some of these strategies include: Use Free Lunch Productively: Forbes reported on a study of 1000 workers nationwide within workplaces offering free meals (Cording, 2022). These lunch breaks reduce stress, allow people to feel more productive, and boost mental clarity plus happiness. References Cording, J. 2021;69 (6):277–289.

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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

Everywhere you look online during the 2023 holiday season, you’ll see three things: A ridiculous amount of ads for products you don’t need or want… but might buy anyway. Delaying hiring or RIFs (reduction in force) means existing staff may be overburdened, which can lead to burnout, decreased productivity, and attrition in the new year.

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The Fight of The Two R’s: Robots v Redundancy

Tom Spencer

“Robots could take over twenty-million jobs by 2030” (Taylor, 2019). This statistic has multiplied threefold in the last two decades (Taylor, 2019). This reasoning forms the basis of the saying that “necessity is the mother of invention” (Woodford, 2019). 2019, January 26). 2019, June 26). 2019, August 27).

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Studies reveal that a servant leadership style improves employee productivity and creativity. Employees are more likely to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Productivity, wages, and intrinsic motivations. Fiscal 2019 universal registration document [PDF].

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

I did this while attending UChicago and picking up extra cash cleaning industrial carpets, being a production artist for GES Exposition Services during the summer, or working a Blockbuster. I also committed to becoming a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) to grow and prove my consulting competencies around an ethical framework.

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Is Executive Coaching Really Worth it?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Executive coaches commonly use an hourly, value-based, retainer, or productized pricing. The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is a globally recognized association with evidence-based competency and code of ethics certification requirements. Embodies a Coaching Mindset. Establishes and Maintains Agreements. 29(1), 70-88.

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Scams in buy-sell deals

Martinka Consulting

On September 8, 2019 the Buzz column in the Seattle Times was titled, “Seattle Cider sues founder, former CEO” and dealt with a lawsuit against the founder of Seattle Cider and Two Beers Brewing initiated by Agrial, a French company that acquired them. In simple terms, the plaintiff alleged the books were cooked to increase the price.

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