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Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
Change vs Transformation: The not so subtle difference
The difference between change and transformation can never be illustrated as perfectly as the change of guard in our nation’s capital...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
Remote Work: Does it serve or erode autonomy?
In 2017, researchers from the University of Birmingham studied 2 years’ worth of data on 20,000 workers to determine the effects of...
Kate Arbit
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
The Importance of Company Culture
" I decided to stop chasing money, and start chasing the passion" Tony Hsieh, Former CEO Zappos There is a lot of talk about company...
Kate Arbit
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Ditch the Drama
Remember the days when "drama" ruled our world. It was about friends, dating, gossip, school and work. Remember when most of us used to...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Oct 11, 2020
- 3 min
What is Sympathetic Resonance?
Yeh. I feel you. Have you ever walked into a meeting positive and clear and without warning, felt like you hit a wall of something that...
Kate Arbit
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
What Makes Us "Happy"?
Of course most people aren't happy every minute of the day or even daily, but having close ties, enjoying a beautiful day, having fun and be
Kate Arbit
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
All This Growth Mindset Talk...Why is it so Important?
Over the past year I've been reading and listening to podcasts on the "Growth Mindset". This is not a new concept, rather one that has...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Aug 13, 2020
- 2 min
How is Autonomy achieved through alignment with a Company’s culture?
I’m sure we’ve all had that one cheerleader of a manager at one point in our career, I can’t be the only one. One holiday, the department...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Aug 10, 2020
- 3 min
Mindset Transformation necessary to Manage a Purposeful Workplace
When in need, Google's got it. I just finished reading an excellent article on the demystification of good management skills as supported...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Aug 4, 2020
- 2 min
Humanity before Formulaic Leadership Strategy
In his book Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art, researcher Ed Freeman describes a business’s relationships with stakeholders this...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Aug 3, 2020
- 2 min
Ten for Ten: How to Find Organizational balance in a precedent setting Global Crisis
The book Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity*, was specifically written to facilitate...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Aug 2, 2020
- 3 min
6 Crisis Communication Plan Examples & How to Write Your Own
This post is an excerpt from an article written by Written by Swetha Amaresan, and is a wonderful resource for CCP downloadable templates...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jul 31, 2020
- 3 min
Acute Crisis in the Workplace: Erosion of the psychological contract made with internal stakeholders
It's been a hell of a week in the world of crisis inside the world of media and communications. Amid the pandemic and the controversy...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jul 28, 2020
- 2 min
The Checkout Line
At some point in our careers, all of us have checked out. We all know the point. The one when we feel psychologically unsafe and...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jul 28, 2020
- 2 min
Bad Work Culture Breeds Bad Business
Source: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) In 2019, 1 in 4 U.S. workers said they experienced a feeling of dreading going to...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
Does one bad apple spoil the whole barrel or can a barrel of good apples support a bruised one?
I'm doing some research around competing values frameworks because there are so many variables in workplace engagement that start where...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
Handling Transformation and Chaos with Resilience
The world is shifting beneath our feet and we’re hard pressed to know what we can count on. How easy it can be to get swept away with the...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jul 23, 2020
- 1 min
Carpe Diem...Now is the Time for Personal Development
Now is the time for employees to continue their ongoing personal development, virtually. A small sampling of programs Inspired Action At...
Lori Gertz, RScP
- Jul 23, 2020
- 1 min
Privilege and Bias in the Workplace (James Pogue, PhD)
Being a lifelong learner I am an all-access student at Mindvalley.com. Having recently heard this excellent podcast, Superhumans at Work,...
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