A lot has been written about why employees leave – poor leadership, lack of advancement, compensation, and increasingly, work/life...
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Retention Begins at Hiring – 5 Tips for Doing it Right
Karen Colligan, Communication, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, People, communication, leadership, people, 0I’ve worked with several organizations recently who were preparing for major hiring efforts in anticipation of launching a new...
5 Best Practices for Giving Effective Feedback
Karen Colligan, Communication, Engagement, Leadership, Performance, leadership, people, 0An essential part of your role as a leader is to develop your employees, both by coaching to their...
The Year of Being Present – How’s It Going?
Karen Colligan, Health, Life, People, Work-life balance, health, people, 2In January I declared 2015 “The Year of Being Present” and invited you, gentle readers, to join me. Well,...
How About a Little Kindness?
Karen Colligan, Health, Life, People, Personalities, Uncategorized, health, people, 0I’m always amazed – and encouraged – by the countless examples of human kindness and generosity that emerge in...
Laughter Really IS the Best Medicine
Karen Colligan, Health, Life, Work-life balance, health, life, people, positive thinking, 0Charlie Chaplin once said, “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” I couldn’t agree more. In this often...
Let’s Talk about Organizational Health
Karen Colligan, Engagement, Leadership, Life, Organizational health, People, Teams, Work-life balance, employee satisfaction, leadership, people, 0Personal health is a hot topic these days, with myriad applications and devices to record our steps, our calories,...
Invest in Your People – Invest in Your Future
Karen Colligan, Engagement, Leadership, People, Performance, Professional development, Succession planning, Uncategorized, bench strength, employee satisfaction, leadership, people, 0Employee engagement has been a hot topic for awhile now, with some pretty staggering statistics around engaged vs. disengaged...
Attention Interviewers: No One Is Perfect!
Karen Colligan, Interviewing, Job search, Leadership, People, interview, job search, people, 0The job interview process has turned into the “perfection process.” It used to be that if you had 80%...
Whatever Happened to “Please” and “Thank You”?
Karen Colligan, Communication, Life, People, communication, Emotional Intelligence, people, 0Is it just me, or have you also noticed that people seem to be increasingly cranky, rude and self-absorbed...
Pause and Refresh: 3 Questions to Ponder for 2014
Karen Colligan, Life, People, life, people, values, 2As usual, January has begun with a frenzy of resolution writing (notice the crowds at the gym, the health...
Recognizing the Value Millennials Bring to the Workplace
Karen Colligan, Communication, Leadership, Management, Multi-generational workforce, People, Teams, communication, people, professional and team leadership, 0In the past couple of blogs we’ve looked at Baby Boomers and Generation Xers in the workplace and how...