Trust Talks: Strategies for Leaders to Build Lasting Connections and High Performance

Hey Leaders! 👋 Ready to take your organization’s culture to the next level? Today, we’re diving deep into the indispensable ingredient that fuels the best company cultures worldwide. Trust. 🤝 🌐 Why Trust Matters: Discover the three game-changing benefits that trust brings to your organization: Retention Boost: Reduce turnover by 50% when trust becomes your…

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Executive Corner – Culture is a company’s personality

Culture is not just a superficial label that everyone talks about. Culture is not nap pods and ping pong tables and all that fun stuff large corporations add into the workspace to make the office more enjoyable. Culture is the very essence that defines an entity. It’s the soul of the workplace, much like a to the personality. Just…

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Executive Corner – It’s Just A Conversation–Giving and Receiving Feedback

Feedback is a powerful tool for personal and professional growth and improvement. This is widely known and understood, so why is it so hard to give and receive? Fear of judgment is something that everyone experiences, whether you admit it or not. There’s a way to train yourself to detach yourself from the emotion attached…

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Measuring Culture

In this video, we’re diving deep into the world of measuring company culture, a crucial aspect of leadership and organizational success. 🔍 📚 In this insightful video, we cover: 🌐 Defining Culture – Understand what culture truly is and why it’s important for any organization. 🤝 Connecting Employee Values and Company Goals – Learn how…

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Leaders, Get Ahead of the Motivation Slump

Leaders, Get Ahead of the Motivation Slump In today’s world, employee motivation has taken a hit. Economic uncertainty, the specter of layoffs, the great resignation, inflation, and global events have cast a shadow of gloom and anxiety over workplaces. As a leader, you’ve probably observed this sense of demoralization among your team members and wondered…

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Executive Corner – Afraid of AI? Become a Leader

The era of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about remarkable advancements and transformations across industries. It’s made tasks easier (or thoughtless), with the incorporation of automation and it has made strides in increased efficiency and innovation. However, it has also triggered concerns about the potential displacement of human workers. Remember during the pandemic when there…

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The Power of Connection

At Q Works, we recently added a new core value: CONNECTION. Connection is something that every human being needs. To us, connection is about making meaningful relationships with each other and our clients. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, relationships fall right in the middle of the pyramid in the psychological needs category (love and…

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Executive Corner – It’s Not Just Business

We all know that not everyone who applies for the job ends up getting the job. You know it, and your employees know it, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t sting a little. Business is business, right? Well, it’s not just business in an environment where psychological safety and employee well-being are valued. You saw it coming when…

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Executive Corner – Breaking Down Hierarchies: Can Horizontal Leadership Work for Your Business?

One of my favorite authors is Patrick Lencioni. He is most known for authoring “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.” It happens to be a book that I use when coaching leaders. In the book, Lencioni emphasizes the importance of horizontal leadership in building effective teams. According to Lencioni, horizontal leadership is a collaborative approach to…

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Executive Corner – Terminated an Employee and Hired Their Replacement Using the Same Process?

Have you ever terminated an employee, regardless of reason, and began interviewing their replacement using the same interview questions and process? Did you have a formal debrief with the people involved in the original hiring process? Most organizations and leaders replace people using the exact same process they used to hire the terminated employee. I asked this…

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