Retention strategies: Do you really mean it?
As leaders, we hope that if we dress our mission statement up in heels and a hat that we will attract the employees we need. And keep them at that! Perhaps this strategy worked at one time or even worked for a short time. But employees now, especially after the pandemic, take a different, more sober look at what a company has on offer. They ask big questions, so we want to be ready with big answers.
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The Meeting Before the Meeting
A CEO once told me the most important part of leadership wasn’t what happened in the boardroom. It was the meeting before the meeting—the one you have with yourself. Before stepping into the room, she had already prepared. She had reflected on why she was there, what her role was calling from her, and the […]
Business as Usual Has Rewired Our Brains
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