What does it take to lead change in today’s modern workplace? I remember my first time ever being trained to lead change while serving in the military. Everything focused on ensuring each step was detailed in a tab-heavy Excel spreadsheet. Then we’d roll out the plan, and everyone was expected to fall into line, follow […]
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How to Get Better at Dealing with Change
Change is an unavoidable constant in our work lives. Sometimes it’s within our control, but most often it’s not. Our jobs or roles change — and not always for the better. Our organizations undergo reorgs and revamp their strategies, and we need to adjust. Fortunately, there are ways to adapt to change, and even take […]
Onboarding Can Make or Break a New Hire’s Experience
Poor onboarding can leave your employees with lower confidence in their new roles, worsened levels of engagement, and an increased risk of jumping ship when they see a new, more exciting position elsewhere. On the other hand, companies that implement a formal onboarding program could see 50% greater employee retention among new recruits and 62% […]
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
For the past two years, we’ve been asking executives: Where is your company in its digital journey, and where do you want to go? Roundtable discussions with 175 senior executives around the globe and a survey of more than 1,500 senior executives from over 90 countries helped form a picture of today’s digitally mature company. […]
5 Principles of Purposeful Leadership
Growing up, I thought successful leaders were supposed to figure out all the answers on their own. Being smart — and making sure everyone else knew it — seemed to be their most striking attribute. The best schools were supposed to lead to the best jobs, which produced the best leaders. Power, fame, glory, and […]
What Makes a Company “Future Ready”?
What makes a company “future ready”? The author analyzed top companies by revenue across four sectors, measuring seven equally weighted factors, then analyzed what leading companies were doing differently. They discovered industry-specific insights, which also informed more universal lessons. First, don’t play zero-sum games with disruptors. Looking at the financial industry, companies that explored new […]
3 Exercises to Boost Your Team’s Creativity
Organizations today spend great sums of money on creativity training, hoping that it will spur innovative and entrepreneurial thinking among the ranks. Unfortunately, most of this training just doesn’t work. Why not? Because it puts too much faith in the powers of “divergent thinking,” or the random generation of new ideas, a process most of […]
What Should CEOs Consider When Facing a Shortage of Talent?
(This article was drafted by Cornerstone Lima in response to a survey conducted in Peru in the third quarter of 2021. The concerns expressed by the South American business leaders broadly reflect the concerns of executives worldwide, so the survey and comments below by Diego Cubas, CEO of Cornerstone Lima, are relevant anywhere.) According to […]
Rethinking Your Approach to the Employee Experience
Human resources leaders commonly assume that for a company to stand out as a great place to work, it must deliver competitive perks everything from skills training to pet insurance to foosball. New research finds that this view is outdated: Engagement and retention don’t correlate with benefits awards. Employees have begun looking beyond material offerings […]