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How to Ask for Feedback After an Interview

How to Ask for Feedback After an Interview

Company Culture, Employee Well-being   — 4 MIN

7 Skills Your Emerging Leader Development Program Must Build

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

4 MIN

Leadership in today’s world of work may be more challenging than ever before, from navigating hybrid work schedules to living through a pandemic. It’s simply not enough to be an effective...

How Nudge Theory Drives Learner Engagement and Culture Change

Employee Learning & Development, Company Culture  

4 MIN

We use nudges all the time in our personal lives to change behavior. You might use a physical nudge when you want to get your partner’s attention. You might use a digital nudge when you’ve sent an...

Building Resilient Teams in the Hybrid Workplace

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

3 MIN

These days, your employees have a lot on their shoulders. From balancing work and hybrid schedules for themselves and their families to staying healthy during a pandemic, several tasks compete for...

How Self-Directed Learning Can Boost the Employee Experience

Employee Learning & Development, Company Culture  

4 MIN

Today’s work environment is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. With hybrid work, the Great Resignation, and the ongoing stressors of navigating through a pandemic, employees have a lot to...

Supporting Immunocompromised Employees in 2022

Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

3 MIN

By: Blue Ocean Brain writer and contributor Martha Burwell Many health officials are predicting that we’ll see the Covid-19 pandemic shift to endemic status this year. Endemic is defined as a disease...

Nurturing your Hybrid Team: Leading with Fairness and Understanding

Leadership Development, Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture  

4 MIN

Many of us are in a flex situation as employees venture from their home offices back to the office, transition to staying home full time, or split the difference by working a few days in both....

Addressing Overt Bias in the Workplace

Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

3 MIN

Human brains are designed to create mental patterns and categorizations so that we can process information more quickly. This can help us to tune out the sound of cars passing, tell us when we need...

How to be an Ally in the Workplace

Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

3 MIN

In a picture book, A is for apple. But when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion in life and business, A is for ally, allyship, and actionable allyship.

[Guide] Why L&D is the Key to Achieving Your Company Culture Goals

Employee Learning & Development, Company Culture  

1 MIN

[New Guide] If you're responsible for staff learning & development, chances are you're quite familiar with company executives having grandiose plans for evolving company culture. And those plans...

4 Reasons Your Company Culture Is Not Evolving

Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

3 MIN

“Culture is king.” “Culture eats strategy for lunch.” We’ve heard these phrases, and others like them, said over and over again, and, by and large, we believe them to be true. Yet even though...

How to Break the Mental Health Stigma in the Workplace

Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

6 MIN

These days, discussions about mental health, its challenges, and its importance, are more prevalent than ever. Yet, despite that, the stigma surrounding the issue remains. That’s likely because...

Adjusting to a Hybrid Work Model: A Colorful Approach

Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture  

4 MIN

If orange (or fuschia or green) is the new black, then hybrid is definitely the new normal, at least when it comes to work. Over the past year and a half, we’ve all learned to deal with more than our...

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