Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Perspectives on Employee Engagement Challenges Leadership Perspective Challenge 1: Absence of Inclusive Leadership Culture An inclusive leadership culture is vital for employee engagement, yet many organizations fall short in this area. Recommended Read: What is DEIB in the Workplace?

Retail

Work Life

JULY 21, 2024

Working remotely has too many benefits, both in personal time management and how work is done—especially since collaboration tools are growing in capabilities. Like everyone else, once the pandemic subsided and we had to decide whether to come back to an office, there were strong opinions from leadership and employees.

Manufacturing

Fellow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

These strategies drive strategic planning, proper resource allocation, and excellent time management. Organizational values and ideas from executive leadership, as well as key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives and key results (OKRs) , can also help define corporate strategies.

Customer Service

Insperity

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

These include improved work performance, communication skills, time management and team effectiveness. Employee surveys measure your staff’s perception of their work environment, leadership team and company culture. Employees who have participated in on-going coaching have cited many benefits.

Coaching

Vantage Circle

MARCH 5, 2021

Kaizen is a famous approach in Lean manufacturing that focuses on reducing waste while increasing efficiency in manufacturing systems. Although it was designed for manufacturing, we can use it in a wide variety of industries.

Cleaning

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 25, 2017

A reader writes: I am a first-time manager to a small team consisting of a few departments in a service-based industry. A woman I manage, “Lucinda,” appears to thrive on manufactured stress. She agreed that she did not act professionally and apologized.

Problem-Solving

Work Life

APRIL 29, 2025

Your projects deliver, your name comes up in leadership meetings, and now youve been tapped for the next step: your first management role. But its also a lot like stepping off a cliff with no parachuteespecially if no ones told you what leadership really requires. Ask yourself: When was the last time you asked for feedback?

Delegation