19 Dec Novelty, Not Boring Routine

Posted at 18:21h in Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Leadership, Talent Retention, Teamwork

CRANIUM POINT: Novelty, not boring routine. Do the unexpected. Seek and reward innovation. Celebrate veering from conventional methods. Normally, our novelty posts are a little whacky to emphasize breaking from convention.  PowerPoint presentations are a good place to depart from this as they are often so bad....

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19 Dec Multiple Ways of Learning

Posted at 17:51h in Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Leadership, Talent Retention, Teamwork

CRANIUM POINT: Multiple ways of learning, not a narrow view. Value the multiple intelligences all individuals bring to the team. The question is not “How smart are you?” but rather “How are you smart?” Howard Gardner and others have proven our gifts, talents, and abilities far...

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19 Dec Action Not Overload

Posted at 17:11h in Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Leadership, Talent Retention, Teamwork

CRANIUM POINT: Action, not overload. Purposefully balance work and life. Cheaper, better, and faster isn’t always best for the human brain. Balancing work and life is something we all strive for. We all know that it's not that easy to do. Everyone has made those pronouncements: I'll...

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15 Jul Relevance is Not Meaningless Work

Posted at 16:40h in Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Leadership, Talent Retention, Teamwork

CRANIUM POINT: Relevance is not meaningless work. Communicate how each job fits into a larger mission. Ensure the fit of each job to the team. Ta-da…the magic phrase is “….and here’s why.” Here’s why… Miscommunication is soooo natural. There is just no way to always accurately describe the rich...

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