In HR, you likely often face a difficult situation when you just don’t know what to say. What do you do then? Perhaps a tragedy struck. Bad news needs to be shared. Uncomfortable questions must be answered. HR leaders can’t…
Team Communication
Employees work in a disconnected workplace – even as they come back on-site. First, the pandemic sent them all home. Now, many people work fewer – or no – hours on-site. Plus, some teammates have left for other – or…
Bad things happen that impact people and emotions at work. The last two years have more than proven that - and we often don't know what to say. It could be a professional issue – missed targets, failed promotions, layoffs. Or…
Listening could be the most under-rated management skill … ever! Managers who listen well have a more positive impact on employees, avoiding discontent and turnover. Solid listeners give better instruction and direction, effectively leading teams to success. And they always…
Time to present in front of an actual group of people again. You sweating? Have knots in your stomach? Head throbbing? More than likely, something like that will happen at just the thought of presenting! Most people are NOT comfortable…
Are your teams healthy? It’s an important question for HR leaders and front-line managers to ask themselves regularly. That’s because healthy teams are productive teams. But we aren’t talking about physical health here. Teams that are healthy in social, emotional…
Sometimes, even the most well-intentioned teams end up a little lopsided demographically. One of the biggest challenges with a lack of diversity is retaining the diverse employees who remain. The experience of “onlyness”- being the only person like you in…
Arguments are inevitable. So rather than avoid them, why not make them productive arguments? Conflict often spurs creativity and better ideas. Yet in the workplace, leaders often try to curb conflict and stop arguments in the pursuit of civility. “Too…
Who's ready to get in front of a group and speak publicly again? Many leaders and employees aren't. After all, some people aren’t used to being around others after a year in some degree of isolation. For HR leaders and…
Do you communicate like a clear, confident leader? If not, you're stressing out your employees! Nearly 80% are frustrated with ineffective company communication, according to the Dynamic Signal Annual State of Employee Communication and Engagement Study. They’re overwhelmed by too…
The pandemic changed nearly everything – workplace communication included. The old rules of communicating at work don’t need to be thrown out. But how we interact with employees, bosses and co-workers isn’t like it used to be. “None of us…
Do employees struggle to get things done? Or worse, do you have productivity problems throughout the company? The problems may not be where we tend to point fingers – people, processes and policies that seem to be slacking. Instead, researchers…
Just because your HR messages are important, doesn't mean people will listen and act on them. Whether you send a corporate-wide email on something as important as COVID-19 vaccine policies or a short message to a few people on a…
You’d think office politics fell by the wayside when no one was working in the office. But schmoozing, backstabbing and manipulation live on in these days dominated by remote work. Granted, it's less less intense, researchers found. Regardless of where…
HR leaders need to continue to communicate important messages to employees so they can adapt through the changes that lie ahead. Sure, some fear and uncertainty have passed since the pandemic hit. But the importance of communicating increasingly complex information…
Remember when team huddles and on-site Ping-pong tables kept employees engaged and connected? Enter COVID-19, and the work-from-home lifestyle created a bizarre, new landscape for HR professionals. They aren't physically connected anymore. And they're likely mentally disconnected, too, with all…
