Transitions in our personal and professional lives are inevitable, challenging, and stressful. Whether we are choosing to make a change – or if change is being thrust upon us – we can either resist or embrace the experience. When maximized and leveraged appropriately, transitions are strategic opportunities to exploit our best developed skills, knowledge and
Having a great leadership culture translates into having a happy high-performance workforce. We believe that a company is only as good as its people, so having a solid productive culture is important. An underlying component of building a leadership culture is to determine the various talents that each person brings to the company and making
Why do we need a new training model? Consider that most of us have sat through training sessions that included slides, lectures and pages of handouts. We may have experienced retreats, online course instruction, and/or personal coaching. However, such educative efforts, always offered in the hopes of improving employee performance, mostly fell short of desired
Building a successful career journey is no easy task. Our careers ebb and flow. Sometimes we experience massive success, and sometimes we fail miserably. So how do we take over the reins of what could become a run-away horse having its own sense of direction and destination? None of us would be satisfied with a
At Strategic People Solutions, we have been telling our clients that it is important to have a strategic business plan. Our planning model consists of a set of directions for moving the organization forward and focusing on the implementation process handled by the workforce. We’re not suggesting that the plan must be a long-written document,
For many employees, today’s work pace is at full throttle. With looming deadlines, seemingly inpatient clients, and over-scheduled assignment load, today’s workforce can easily become frustrated, fatigued, and experience job burnout. Additionally, employees consume a barrage of emails, social media messages, news accounts and the likes. In the average day, individuals in the US receive
If you look under the hood of a successful business organization, you’re likely to find a dream team of staff members who make things happen. Business leaders know that there is more to success than having a vision. You need quality talent with a shared interest in moving in the same direction to reach this
When is the right time to make a change in your business strategy? Must all the stars be aligned? How will you know that it’s the right time? Well, we can take some advice from the ancient Greeks. They had some interesting ideas about time. The Greeks had two words to describe different types of
Did you know that the HR role is intertwined in all aspects of your business? A company’s success relies on the quality of the workforce, and yet many business owners don’t make time to truly understand the role of HR and its value. As we work with clients and potential clients, we hear the same
Is it possible to control worrying? For some, the answer may be “Yes,” but for many others, the ability to stop worrying is a constant challenge. We often worry about our work situations, financial conditions, or family events. We may worry about upcoming situations. So, our minds may wander and distract us from staying focused
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