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Lori Gertz, RScP
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Self Awareness in the Workplace
In an era when soft skills are either non existent or rarely practiced because of pandemic related remote workplace, something crucial...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Change vs Transformation: The not so subtle difference
The difference between change and transformation can never be illustrated as perfectly as the change of guard in our nation’s capital...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jan 18, 20213 min read
Remote Work: Does it serve or erode autonomy?
In 2017, researchers from the University of Birmingham studied 2 years’ worth of data on 20,000 workers to determine the effects of...
Kate Arbit
Dec 18, 20203 min read
The Importance of Company Culture
" I decided to stop chasing money, and start chasing the passion" Tony Hsieh, Former CEO Zappos There is a lot of talk about company...
Kate Arbit
Oct 14, 20202 min read
Ditch the Drama
Remember the days when "drama" ruled our world. It was about friends, dating, gossip, school and work. Remember when most of us used to...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Oct 11, 20203 min read
What is Sympathetic Resonance?
Yeh. I feel you. Have you ever walked into a meeting positive and clear and without warning, felt like you hit a wall of something that...
Kate Arbit
Oct 1, 20202 min read
What Makes Us "Happy"?
Of course most people aren't happy every minute of the day or even daily, but having close ties, enjoying a beautiful day, having fun and be
Kate Arbit
Aug 21, 20202 min read
All This Growth Mindset Talk...Why is it so Important?
Over the past year I've been reading and listening to podcasts on the "Growth Mindset". This is not a new concept, rather one that has...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Aug 13, 20202 min read
How is Autonomy achieved through alignment with a Company’s culture?
I’m sure we’ve all had that one cheerleader of a manager at one point in our career, I can’t be the only one. One holiday, the department...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Aug 10, 20203 min read
Mindset Transformation necessary to Manage a Purposeful Workplace
When in need, Google's got it. I just finished reading an excellent article on the demystification of good management skills as supported...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Aug 4, 20202 min read
Humanity before Formulaic Leadership Strategy
In his book Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art, researcher Ed Freeman describes a business’s relationships with stakeholders this...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Aug 3, 20202 min read
Ten for Ten: How to Find Organizational balance in a precedent setting Global Crisis
The book Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity*, was specifically written to facilitate...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Aug 2, 20203 min read
6 Crisis Communication Plan Examples & How to Write Your Own
This post is an excerpt from an article written by Written by Swetha Amaresan, and is a wonderful resource for CCP downloadable templates...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 31, 20203 min read
Acute Crisis in the Workplace: Erosion of the psychological contract made with internal stakeholders
It's been a hell of a week in the world of crisis inside the world of media and communications. Amid the pandemic and the controversy...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 28, 20202 min read
The Checkout Line
At some point in our careers, all of us have checked out. We all know the point. The one when we feel psychologically unsafe and...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 28, 20202 min read
Bad Work Culture Breeds Bad Business
Source: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) In 2019, 1 in 4 U.S. workers said they experienced a feeling of dreading going to...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 27, 20203 min read
Does one bad apple spoil the whole barrel or can a barrel of good apples support a bruised one?
I'm doing some research around competing values frameworks because there are so many variables in workplace engagement that start where...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 24, 20201 min read
Handling Transformation and Chaos with Resilience
The world is shifting beneath our feet and we’re hard pressed to know what we can count on. How easy it can be to get swept away with the...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 23, 20201 min read
Carpe Diem...Now is the Time for Personal Development
Now is the time for employees to continue their ongoing personal development, virtually. A small sampling of programs Inspired Action At...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 23, 20201 min read
Privilege and Bias in the Workplace (James Pogue, PhD)
Being a lifelong learner I am an all-access student at Mindvalley.com. Having recently heard this excellent podcast, Superhumans at Work,...
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