If your boss told you that she noticed something about your performance and wanted you to come to her office to discuss it, would you assume that she had noticed an area of your special competence and wanted to bring it to your attention?

Ruder Finn has unveiled new survey findings showing how active listening can help companies better engage consumers in a fragmented world.

I know it can feel like that if your circumstances have changed or even if you are surrounded by people, it’s possible to feel terribly isolated! Or that you don’t have any energy to lift your finger, but you need to keep yourself going.

In the 1960s, the University of Michigan psychologist Robert Zajonc demonstrated an important, subconscious relationship that exists between familiarity and “liking.”

The communications function is at an inflection point, as an endless deluge of social and political issues along with increasing employee comms concerns have illuminated the value of communications to the C-suite.

Having women in top leadership roles is more important than ever. Women occupy more than half of management roles and are most often the leaders supporting well-being of employees through diversity, equity & inclusion. Yet, we are passed over for c-suite roles and find difficulty in being supported by networks that shift our trajectories towards c-suite placement AND c-suite success – “and” being the operative word. This is particularly true in the world of public relations where near80% of CEO positions are occupied by men.

The 2022 Strategic Communications Conference gathered nearly 400 professionals at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington to network, brainstorm and learn from dozens of experts in internal and external communications.

There has been a lot of consideration given recently to the issues and concerns regarding diversity, inclusion, and systemic racism. We have become more sophisticated in our appreciation that diversity includes much more than race, nationality, gender, sexual preference, or expression. It includes such differences as thinking styles, communication, interaction styles, and much more.

If you’re looking to take the next step in your career and want to move into a management position, then there are a few ways in which you can help boost your chances of being considered for a managerial position. In this post, we’ll be covering what you can do to help improve your skills, experience, and qualifications for leadership and how you can get employers to take notice of you when hiring. Keep reading to learn more. 

It's no secret that employees have a significant impact on the success of a company. Shifting values, changing expectations, and unexpected growth all pose a challenge to retaining good employees. The one factor all employees want is a great place to work.

Executive Women's Leadership (EWLP) is designed for experienced executives who have potential for greater leadership responsibilities. Topics covered include executive presence, communication skills, and leadership strategies to propel one's career forward! During the 3-day experience participants also have the opportunity to network and build community with guest speakers and program alumna.

It wasn’t long ago that fintech was the catch-all label for any company bringing financial technology to market. Of course, grouping companies that build banking infrastructure tools or back-office systems with those that deliver budgeting or stock trading apps never made much sense.

Many people assume that famed cartoonist Walt Kelly, created the phrase, “We have met the enemy and he is us” in a 1970 cartoon  celebrating the first Earth Day.  The phrase became popular in his Pogo comic strip and on an Earth Day poster in 1971.

There are many styles of leadership and just as many gurus and books touting which style is the best.

What is a leader? Whether you are taking charge of a small group project, heading up a new team, or running an entire department, you are navigating a leadership role.

Colleagues occasionally refer to a harmoniously executed collaboration as “making beautiful music together,” but rarely does the metaphor extend to leadership. That’s why speaker, bassist and leadership coach Michael Gold, PhD, founded Jazz Impact, through which he delivers music-based learning programs focused on building collaborative skills that are essential for innovative organizations.

I can tell if you are conning me – some of the time.

During my years as a therapist, it became second nature to notice the body language of my clients. During our conversations, I would sit across from people and try to infer from their nonverbal signals how they really felt about an issue.

In 2002, a Stanford University professor made audiotapes of physicians and their patients in session. Half of the doctors had been previously brought to court for malpractice. She then played the tapes for her students, who were able to determine which physicians had been sued.

Figuring out the core values of your business or organization is not only necessary, it’s also vital. 

The struggles of women in the workplace have been well documented.

The challenges range from discrimination to the gender pay gap, and the lingering concept that men are more effective in leadership roles. A recent study revealed that in fact, women get higher marks for leadership in mid-level and senior leadership roles, even when they serve in traditionally male-dominated industries. Women deserve equal consideration for promotion, pay equal to their male counterparts, and to be treated with equal respect.

This has been an intense and eye opening two years for all of us (to say the least!). Collectively we’ve experienced a concentrated and ceaseless amount of heaviness. Adjusting to this new hybrid world at work while digesting everything else around us has definitely taken a toll on our collective mental wellbeing. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 30% of American adults have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression recently, up from around 10% before the pandemic. Adapting to a more permanent, new way of living and processing all that has happened is also skyrocketing stress levels across the board. Staying focused –let alone motivated – is an added challenge. Modern managers now have an opportunity and a responsibility to encourage and actively support empathy at work. Leading with empathy not only improves employee engagement, but also supports a much wider and very important cultural shift towards destigmatizing mental health issues, encouraging more authenticity in the workplace. Here’s how managers can start actively engaging empathy to empower their teams and drive change.