Perfecting Prediction by Reducing Bias in Hiring and Promotion
What are the best personality assessments to use to increase the accuracy of hiring and promotion decisions? Perhaps you, like many other employers, are beginning to re-hire employees who were laid off, find new talent for a growing business, or promote associates to leadership roles that were vacated during the past few months. Or you […]
Managing Self-criticism
I never imagined our responsibility as leaders could become more significant, yet here we are. Maintaining positivity and managing self-criticism (i.e., negative thoughts) is not intended to be a solution to the violence, systemic inequities, and pain in our country. These self-monitoring strategies are simply techniques to “manage” the anxiety and sadness we experience in […]
A Walk in the Woods
Leadership: Inner and Outer Focus As humans, we tend to be at our best when we are balanced between our inner and outer life. As leaders this is also true. Taking the time to be caring of ourselves is imperative to achieve balance, and the basic ways we can do this are by exercising, eating […]
Leadership and Change in a Time of Crisis
By Virginia Collins, CEO “No man ever steps into the same river twice for it’s not the same river and he is not the same man” – Heraclitus In times of crisis, each human experience is intensified. People look to leaders to provide guidance, stability, and a pathway forward to help make sense of […]
Employee Strategies for Successful Transitioning to Remote Work
Working from home is a new reality to maintain business efforts and uphold safe public health practices. If you are new to remote work, here are quick facts and best practices for a successful kickoff. Facts (Purse, N. Engaging the Virtual Team. Training Journal, 2017) In a sample of 1000 virtual employees, 85% […]
Best Practices for Managing Virtual and Remote Employees
The current climate has encouraged companies to embrace employees working from home. This can be a daunting decision without polices and processes to support and manage employees from a distance. Check out our Organizational Strategies for Virtual and Remote Employees or continue reading for ways to help lead and manage virtual or remote employees. […]
Organizational Strategies for Virtual and Remote Employees
Allowing employees to work from home is a new reality right now. Here are some quick facts and best practices to set up your employees and organization for success. Facts (Purse, N. Engaging the Virtual Team. Training Journal, 2017) Home-working life can lead to feelings of monotony and being easily distracted. Specifically, 50% of […]
Family AND Business: 5 Insights on The Road to Success
By Natalie Backora Edited by Gini Collins There are plenty of examples showing how a family business can be successful, including becoming a Fortune 500 company. Sam Walton opened Walmart in 1962 and it is still 50% controlled by the family. Ford is 115 years old, run by fourth and fifth generation contributors controlling […]
The Feedback Dilemma
By Deb Manning Lately, I have been thinking a lot about feedback: Why we need it, why we fear it, and why it is so difficult to both give and receive. As a psychologist, I am familiar with theories on human development and our need for autonomy and self-efficacy. We all strive, from […]
Placing Power
By Dr. Virginia Collins. PhD Over the past two decades extensive research has shown executive coaching to be an effective approach for the development of leadership skills. The behavioral changes that occur through this process tend to be sticky and have a long-term impact on an executive’s thought, choices and behavior. It can also […]
