by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 18, 2019 | Hiring and Retention, Human Resources, Workplace Culture
As a transformational leader, it’s important that you focus on employee engagement; the people who work for you must feel like they are part of a team. What you don’t want is for them to feel like they’re just cogs in a machine, or like the human equivalent of drones....
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 8, 2019 | Leadership, Team Building, Workplace Culture
Navigating the relationship between leadership and productivity can be tricky sometimes. On the one hand, great leaders can’t make their people more productive—and attempting to do so can often backfire. At the same time, real leadership should manifest in a team...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 1, 2019 | Human Resources, Leadership, Management Skills, Workplace Culture
ADP, one of the world’s top human resources software companies, recently conducted an employee engagement survey. The results are, to put it bluntly, pretty grim. But there is also some valuable insight to be gleaned from them. According to ADP, only about 16...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 20, 2019 | Hiring and Retention, Human Resources, Workplace Culture
What’s your company’s most valuable asset? It’s not a trick question. Your most valuable asset is your team. Simply put, any success you have is ultimately going to come down to the efforts and outcomes of your employees. So, it makes sense—it’s an important...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 13, 2019 | Personal Development, Productivity, Workplace Culture
Recently, someone told me something that was truly shocking. I was speaking with an HR professional, and she mentioned that, over the course of an average workday, most of us only have about three hours of truly productive time. And yet, we’re at the office for a full...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 6, 2019 | Hiring and Retention, Human Resources, Workplace Culture
I’m always reminding people that company culture is real, whether you can see it or not; whether you’re aware of it or not; whether you’re actively building it or just letting it happen by accident. Every company has a culture, and that culture has an impact on...
