What is Your Greatest Concern with an On-Demand Workforce?
Now that we have avoided another government shutdown, we are reflecting on the risks associated with various types of employment. An on-demand workforce continues to mystify many organizations and there is not a one-size fits all approach to integrating on-demand...
Will Your Organization Reap the Rewards of Being Purpose Driven?
Many companies boast altruistic mission statements and entice job seekers with highlighting purpose driven cultures. As well meaning as these statements may be, even employees in highly mission-driven organizations, like non-profit organizations or healthcare systems,...
5 Thoughtful Ways to Retain Your Top Talent
No employee issue can so quickly derail company performance as the failure to retain quality employees. Employee turnover costs US companies $160 billion a year. That’s a sobering statistic for any type of organization. Additionally, consider that in an industry...
Will Your 2018 Data Keep You Down in 2019?
With just six weeks left in 2018, organizations are planning for 2019 and beyond. However, many are doing so without a strong grasp on insights from this year. It’s easy to get so buried in data that it delays action, and action is what is needed to move an organization...
Promoting Gratitude at Work in Three Easy Steps
The season of gratitude is upon us. In the United States, that usually means taking time to reflect on about what makes us truly thankful, in both our personal and our professional lives. In addition to counting our blessings, this time of the year is also...
Are You Bold Enough to Ask Employees for Their Stories?
Storytelling is deeply ingrained across cultures and history, but is an activity we have been losing as the pace of life and business distracts us from taking the time to ask others for their stories or share our own. Thaler Pekar, organizational narrative and...
A Bountiful Harvest
In the fall of 2017, we were hours away from hosting Waggl Harvest in Napa Valley…then the wildfires broke out and we had to postpone the leader retreat until everything was safe. It felt like planning a huge wedding and finding out the couple just eloped....
October 4, 2018Want to Build a Respectful, Resilient Workplace?
We’re often told leaders need to give respect in order to get it, but leaders aren’t the only ones who need to pay attention to respect. This is particularly true for those who want to be part of high-performance organizations. But what does respect have...
September 18, 2018No Place I’d Rather Be
As Waggl’s Head of Strategy & Design and as the Executive Chair of this year’s Waggl Harvest, I have had the special opportunity to be involved with nearly every aspect of planning. There is no doubt in my mind that Harvest will be a memorable experience....
September 10, 2018Radically Human: Redefining HCM
HCM is evolving with the times. As defined by Gartner, Human Capital Management (HCM) is a set of practices focused on the organizational need to provide specific competencies in three categories: workforce acquisition, workforce management and workforce optimization....
September 5, 2018