Will Better Training Make the Workplace Safe from Gun Violence?
From 2013 to 2016, workplace killings in the United States went up 23 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This alarmingly high percentage increase doesn’t even include some of the most notable workplace attacks in the past year including...
HR Symposium Shines in Silicon Valley
Earlier this month, Waggl had the pleasure of partnering with the talented team behind HR Symposium, a non-profit dedicated to creating a learning space for human resources professionals to grow, develop and connect. We were so inspired by what we learned at the...
Do you have workers on tap (and if not, when will you)?
This article was written in conjunction with Courtney Harrison, Principal, Medius Advisory Group. In case you haven’t heard yet, change is coming to the workplace – and fast. According to a 2017 study conducted by independent research firm Edelman Intelligence...
The Rise of Employee Voice in Connected Cultures
Culture Matters The word “culture” has many definitions, but within a business context it usually speaks to the connectedness between the people of an organization, the central mission of the organization, and how the work gets accomplished each day. Until...
Do You Want to Increase Engagement and Your Bottom Line? Create a Coaching Culture.
Coaching within the organizational context isn’t a new phenomenon. It has morphed and developed over the years and we now see what seems like an endless list of coaching approaches. We also see varying degrees of results for companies that bring in external coaches...
The Role of L&D in Organizational Change
Regardless of whether a Learning and Development (L&D) professional works as an internal or external consultant, his or her job is to communicate the financial value and future worth of person-centered policies to the organization’s leadership. This must...
Leadership EQ: Building Muscle for Emotional Intelligence
“As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership.” Amit Ray, Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management Emotional intelligence or EI is the ability to understand...
March 21, 2018How to keep your best employees (and get the best out of everyone in your organization)
“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” Steve Jobs In today’s business climate, many organizations feel that they have to recruit constantly in order to ensure that...
March 13, 2018How to Activate Employee Voice to Drive Results
Last week, Adam Tanner, Waggl’s Head of Product, sat down with a group of HR leaders interested in evolving their engagement strategies. As Head of Product, Adam has spent years working to solve the engagement problem. He witnesses inspiring results on a regular...
March 8, 20183 Ways to Recruit and Retain the Best Hospital Staff
Increasing numbers of university graduates are walking away with degrees funneling them into the healthcare industry, yet many HR leaders in hospitals of all sizes are still unable to find the right talent when recruiting. Not only is the pool of candidates meager...
February 20, 2018