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6 min read

An Open Door Doesn’t Mean Open Communication: Speaking Straight at Work

“My door is always open.” How many times have you said that to your team? The implication is that I'm here. I'm receptive to your comments and...

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5 min read

Use Workplace Culture to Stop Frontline Worker Churn

The business world learned to adapt when the pandemic triggered the remote and hybrid work megatrend. Then people grew accustomed to the benefits...

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3 min read

10 Power Skills Your Team Needs and How Workplace Culture Can Build Them

There’s a new heavyweight title in town. Sometimes called “soft skills,” the more muscular term now favored in business circles is “power skills.”...

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5 min read

From Quiet Quitting to Going the Extra Mile

How do you motivate your team to “go the extra mile” in a world of “quiet quitting?” Going the extra mile was probably a key factor in your...

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4 min read

Okay Boomer: The Largest Generation’s Lasting Impact on Staffing

The Pew Research Center tagged 1946-1964 as the baby boom era when a whopping 76 million Americans were born. This post-World War II crowd...

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4 min read

Covert Ops: Is Passive-Aggressive Behavior Sabotaging Your Workplace?

By Candace Coleman, CultureWise Content Manager

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4 min read

Zeroing in on the Big Picture: Outlining Purpose to Engage Employees

By Candace Coleman, CultureWise Content Manager

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5 min read

Not Another Meeting! Ten Tips to Make Work Gatherings Worthwhile

Despite the almost universal distaste for multiple work meetings, they consume large chunks of most employees’ schedules. And beyond being unpopular,...

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7 min read

Why People Still Quit in a Shaky Economy and How CEOs Can Respond

The headlines highlighting inflation and recession fears have been unsettling. Workers are understandably concerned about an uncertain economy,...

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