The Top Four Learning Lessons Of Leadership
Our CEO and Co-Founder, Kristy McCann Flynn’s top lessons on leadership, as seen on Forbes. Starting, most critically, by leading with learning and prioritizing your people.
3 Soft Skills That Are Actually Hard Skills
There is an ongoing conversation about what skills people need to fulfill themselves and support their companies – but what these needed skills are is often ambiguous. Some say soft skills (e.g., emotional intelligence, communication and change management) are the most important, and others say hard skills (e.g., technology, customer service and basic work skills) take priority to enter and thrive in the workforce.
Could Your Team Defend Winterfell?
Not sure about you, but I’m still reeling from Game of Thrones this weekend. Yes, I’m one of those people who need to talk incessantly and theorize, but I can promise you that there will be no spoilers and this will be relevant to you even if you know nothing about the show. For those who don’t follow, this week’s episode featured a scenario that the entire 8 seasons of the show have been leading up to.
Living The Fourth: Finding Yourself Before You Can Make An Impact As A Leader
Managing people is never easy. It’s something we must work on every day with ourselves and others. We all want to protect our teams and achieve fruitful outcomes for each other to make personal and company goals happen. There are a lot of ways to stay true to our people in the process of leading, coaching and managing them and there is one way that you can fulfill your promise to them every day.
13 Tips To Help Businesses Decide Whether To “Stay The Course” Or Embrace The Latest Tech
Since New technologies are developed and released almost daily, leaders of young businesses may think they need to implement the latest tech immediately to keep up or, if they’re in tech development themselves, rush a new product to market. But that’s not always the smartest move—with technology, as with anything else, “new” doesn’t always equal “better,” and “first” doesn’t always equal “winner.”
5 Coaching Tips For Female Founders
There are different female venture capitalist funding systems like SheWorx, BBG, Backstage Capital that are helping bridge the gap and make huge changes for female entrepreneurs. It’s more important than ever to help set a precedence of where venture capital dollars should be allocated. Female entrepreneurs investing in women led businesses are shaping future of work and increasing diversity and inclusion, resulting in massive changes within the business landscape.
Adopting A Servant Leadership Mentality In 2019
According to the Greenleaf Institute for Servant Leadership, servant leadership is “a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a more just and caring world.” At its core, servant leadership is giving everyone the opportunity, path and spirit to learn and help others do amazing things.
Onboarding A New Employee? Follow These 11 Effective Strategies
Onboarding new hires is a crucial—and sometimes regularly repeated—process for businesses. Not having a concrete training plan in place can cause anxiety and confusion for both the incoming employees and those tasked with training them. You not only need to be sure you don’t overwhelm new team members in their first days, but also that you give them all the information they need—including the “small, everyday” details that can sometimes be taken for granted.
HR HERO – Why HR Is Core To The Success Of Companies
Being in HR is never an easy role. In fact, it can be at many times an ambiguous role with a core component of metrics revolving around people that is hard to depict. What drives consistency and true ROI is to keep the HERO of HR in mind. I truly believe we are all heroes. We are the pulse of the organization, we are the true hand to the CEO, and we are the conduit to the people. So, let’s spell out what HERO means and why HR is core to the success of companies, people, humanity and so much more
Training Company Executives Weigh In On L&D In 2019
First of all, a wakeup call from Kristy McCann Flynn, founder and CEO of GoCoach: “The headlines this year read ‘war on talent’ and ‘American skills shortage.’ It is time for companies to awaken to invest in their talent, because technology and our workforce evolution [are] moving at light speed, and the only thing that will balance this is constant learning.”
