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This Is An Inspired Action At Work

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...

Nurturing Organizational Culture in a time of Remote Work

Lori Gertz, RScP

Jan 23, 20213 min read

Nurturing Organizational Culture in a time of Remote Work

Author of The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation, Soren Kaplan, defines culture as "the norms and values that...

Change vs Transformation: The not so subtle difference

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...

Reimagining Leadership: When the Sh%^ hits the Fan

Lori Gertz, RScP

Dec 15, 20202 min read

Reimagining Leadership: When the Sh%^ hits the Fan

When something goes wrong at your organization, how is it handled? Is the stakeholder taking responsibility for the mistake admonished...

Lori Gertz, RScP

Dec 7, 20202 min read

Conflict in the Workplace

It's easy to lose perspective during conflict. It feels like a battle for your life, job, ego...for both parties. Thankfully, there is...

Kate Arbit

Nov 30, 20203 min read

Expectations, Habits & Resilience

Human beings are creatures of habit, and we are resilient. However, when change happens many of us don't know how to handle it, some...

Kate Arbit

Nov 2, 20202 min read

Is it Possible to Have More Time?

Most of the time we feel there aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish all that needs to be done. Working from home has its ups and...

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

Sep 11, 20202 min read

If You Don't Use it, You've Lost it!!!

In the last decade I have personally witnessed what appears to be a management culture shock in the advertising community. What I mean...

All This Growth Mindset Talk...Why is it so Important?

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...

How do you shift Bias when there is virtually no way to measure it?

Lori Gertz, RScP

Aug 11, 20201 min read

How do you shift Bias when there is virtually no way to measure it?

How do you shift Bias when there is virtually no way to measure it? The fact is you don't because if you have a brain you're...

Making Decisions with Limited and Imperfect Information

Lori Gertz, RScP

Aug 11, 20205 min read

Making Decisions with Limited and Imperfect Information

This article was adapted from Prof. M.S. Rao’s book, 21 Success Sutras for CEOs Article Author: Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D., Founder, MSR...

Thinking of taking on the task of writing your own Crisis Communication Plan?

Lori Gertz, RScP

Aug 3, 20203 min read

Thinking of taking on the task of writing your own Crisis Communication Plan?

Having recently posted a source for CCP templates and a few terrific ideas, I also wanted to post a much more comprehensive list of...

Ten for Ten: How to Find Organizational balance in a precedent setting Global Crisis

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...

Acute Crisis in the Workplace: Erosion of the psychological contract made with internal stakeholders

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...

Handling Transformation and Chaos with Resilience

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...

Beyond Virtual Happy Hour: 5 Ways Companies Are Keeping Their Teams Energized and Connected

Lori Gertz, RScP

Jul 23, 20205 min read

Beyond Virtual Happy Hour: 5 Ways Companies Are Keeping Their Teams Energized and Connected

This article, written by Samantha McLaren originally appeared on Linked In: Talent Blogs (7/20/2020) where images, etc can be viewed When...

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