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How to Onboard New Employees Remotely
by Susan Peppercorn While the coronavirus pandemic has caused significant disruptions to the economy, many companies have continued to hire to meet evolving business demands. Onboarding a new employee to an organization that is operating fully or mostly in a remote environment presents unique challenges. New hires must be quickly…
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What Differentiates Great Leaders in this Environment?
by Tim Butler Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938. By the mid-to-late 1970’s, production was booming, hitting its peak in 1980. As a gesture of generosity to a group of subjects not benefitting from the profits, King Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud built a village in the coastal…
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How to Help Your Teams Build Resilience
by Susan Peppercorn To make it through the current pandemic and return to a new sense of normalcy, your teams will need to be resilient. The good news is that leaders can help create the conditions that make this possible, even when employees are working remotely. Based on research reported in the…
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Four Ways to Increase Diversity and Inclusion in Your Workplace Using Data Driven Insights
by Kathleen Teehan As is true in any significant change initiative, having leadership buy–in and commitment to execution is critical to success. Sometimes the easiest and most effective way to gain consensus is to present data that demonstrates how the change aligns with organizational priorities, and precisely how it will impact the bottom line. Although the importance of, and impact from, building…
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5 Things Resilient Teams do Differently
By Susan Peppercorn Whether it’s a scientist who generates the breakthrough formula for a life-saving medication after years of failed drug trials, an entrepreneur who finally succeeds after numerous failed business attempts, or a concert violinist who overcomes a severe injury to win a seat in a major symphony orchestra,…
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Managing Conflict in a Remote Environment: What to Watch Out for and Five Tips to Resolve
By Susan Peppercorn It’s well understood that unresolved workplace conflict can have a serious impact on the mental health and wellbeing of those involved. It can also reduce productivity, taking up considerable time, energy and resources. With so many employees now ‘out of sight,’ there is a risk that conflict…
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Work Reimagined. What’s Possible?
By Marie Bankuti, PCC, CPCC, PMP Our work world has been turned upside down and inside out. So much has changed and continues to change almost daily. Could any of us have imagined the depth and breadth of the impact a virus could have on corporate America only six months ago?…
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5 Ways Managers Can Use Emotional Intelligence to Help Employees Feel Safe and Secure
By Tim Butler (ACC certified, MA in Organizational Management) Last year, a friend gave me a Cyclamen for my birthday. It was a very healthy plant with dark green leaves and bright red flowers. After a few months, however, the leaves and flowers thinned out, stretched out, and became quite…
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Co-Active® Leadership ~ 5 Ways to Lead
by Ellie Eckhoff The June issue of Harvard Business Review (HBR) is a special issue on How to Lead in Times of Crisis. The HBR had planned to cover marketing in their Summer Issue, until the situation in early spring made it abundantly clear “that the worldwide spread of the…
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ClearRock’s 2019 Talent Management Survey
Over 60 HR professionals in the Boston-Metro area completed ClearRock’s survey regarding their talent management needs. Here are the top needs they identified for 2020. Click here to view the full report. Talent Selection – diversity and reducing unconscious bias; streamlining process Leadership Development – develop emerging leaders; improve management…
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5 Trends in Leadership Development
By Ellie Eckhoff, Senior Vice President 1. Inspire Leaders at Every Level The market for leadership development solutions is enormous: more than $14 billion is spent by corporations and there are more than 70,000 books and videos on the topic. When we ask companies about their top talent issues,…
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3 Things Recruiters Can Do to Keep Good Candidates Interested in Their Company
By Laura Poisson and Carolyn Raitt Finding the right talent is top of mind for every company. From the time a candidate applies for a job at your company or receives an email from you inviting them to a phone screen, the candidate experience begins. Here are three things recruiters…
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Ageism in the Job Market
January 9th 2019 – Boston Now Podcast with Kim Carrigan and Laura Poisson
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5 Characteristics Employees Love about their Leadership
Ellie Eckhoff, SVP ClearRock They care. The best leaders care about their people – not only what employees need to do to perform, but what they want to do to excel. These leaders take time to get to know what drives their teams and what gets in their way. They…
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10 Life and Leadership Lessons from the 2018-2019 Patriots Season
“There’s not much time to unwind, but you know what, it’s because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn’t ever feel like work.” – Tom Brady Ellie Eckhoff | SVP, ClearRock, Inc. | President, Boston Chapter HBA Too…
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