Blue Ocean Brain Blog

7 Ways to Build Resilience to Stress

7 Ways to Build Resilience to Stress

Emotional Intelligence, Company Culture, Employee Well-being   — 4 MIN

How to Build Learning Buy-in from Leaders

Leadership Development, Employee Learning & Development, Company Culture  

4 MIN

HR and L&D professionals are tasked with executing and monitoring learning programs to ensure employees engage and implement the training. For some topics, the “why” behind them is easier for the...

How to Disagree Respectfully in the Workplace

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

3 MIN

Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world where we agree on everything that matters? Or to work in a conflict-free environment where everyone feels heard and every idea is good? Unfortunately, that’s...

Traditional DEI Training Doesn’t Work Post-2020—But What Does?

Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Development, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

5 MIN

The verdict is in: Diverse teams come up with better, more innovative ideas, with a growing body of research showing that these groups produce measurably better output by drawing on the expertise of...

Navigating VUCA in the Workplace

Leadership Development, Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

4 MIN

You may not be familiar with the acronym VUCA, although you likely have experienced this up-in-the-air feeling when faced with volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. We are living and...

How to Measure the Success of Your L&D Program

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Employee Well-being  

4 MIN

With recent studies revealing that one of the top reasons employees leave an organization is a lack of development and advancement opportunities, a robust learning and development (L&D) program is...

Quiet Quitting: What it Means for Company Culture

Leadership Development, Employee Learning & Development, Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

4 MIN

These days, terms like Great Resignation, unplugging, and remote work are all over the place. From navigating transitions back to the office, creating fully remote positions, or adopting hybrid...

How to Tackle Employee Burnout

Leadership Development, Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

4 MIN

We all get stressed out from time to time, especially as we continue to navigate through a pandemic. Problems arise, and work days feel long, especially when working from home can make it harder to...

Talent Matters: Improving the Hiring Process

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Employee Well-being  

4 MIN

“How do you hire?” Asking this question to HR leaders can garner several unique answers, but there are best practices for finding talent that come into play for every industry, from farming to...

Benefits of Mentoring in the Workplace

Leadership Development, Hybrid Workforce, Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

4 MIN

From school-age children to the C-Suite, everyone can benefit from having a mentor at some point in their journey. Whether it is helping to figure out a new career path or how to become a people...

How to Build Leaders Who Give Inclusive Feedback

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

3 MIN

Feedback has always been an essential component of a functioning team. More than checking a team’s “pulse,” feedback helps leaders identify issues, encourage positive behavior, foster growth, and...

Creating Change Makers - A Blueprint for Successful DEI Change

Leadership Development, Employee Learning & Development, Diversity Equity & Inclusion  

[New Ebook] Moving your leaders and staff from acknowledging DEI initiatives to real change in the workplace is challenging. Often there is a lot of dancing around subjects and situations from people...

Managing vs. Leading -  What's the Difference?

Leadership Development, Company Culture, Employee Well-being  

3 MIN

Are you a leader? A manager? Both? Neither? Some think managing and leading are the same. If you are managing people, are you also leading them? Maybe, but maybe not. Others think management should...

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