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Open Offices: A Communication Killer?
Did you know communication drops by 70% in open office workplaces compared to private settings? 📉 Surprising, right? I’ll share the link to the research in the comments. Turns out, proximity triggers a human response to withdraw socially (despite our need for social interaction), favoring privacy instead. As an alternative, people resort to email and…
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Reevaluating the Candidate Experience in Today’s Job Market
Lately, I’ve been talking with a lot of job seekers who are navigating the market due to various reasons—leaving toxic work environments, coping with recent layoffs, or just in search of new opportunities where they can truly thrive. What I’m hearing from candidates I interview, from members of the HR circles and book clubs I…
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Crafting Core Values: Building Our Cultural Foundation
An executive team I collaborated with had a clear vision of their mission and culture, but it was mostly confined to the minds of the CEO, founder, and executives. This sporadic communication led to a lack of consistent reinforcement, causing the team to feel unclear and misaligned with the vision and culture. To address this,…
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Beyond the balance sheet: the real ROI of investing in culture
In the corporate world, where numbers often take precedence over everything else, the conversation about culture often doesn’t take center stage. For founders, CEOs, CFOs, and other numbers-driven leaders, investing in culture might not immediately resonate with them. It rarely provides the immediate, tangible returns on investment they typically seek. And that is often times…
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