by Joanie Connell | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Empowered, Millennials, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills
I came across an article in the LA Times today about how college students at UC Berkeley have started up an “adulting” course. They created a student-run course to teach life skills to each other because they’re not learning them anywhere else. The...
by Joanie Connell | Dec 10, 2019 | Assessment
Individual 360-degree Feedback Assessment Every leader behaves differently with different people or roles in the organization and they are perceived differently as well. A 360-degree feedback assessment provides a mechanism for a leader to receive honest feedback...
by Joanie Connell | Dec 4, 2019 | Assessment, Blog, Employee Engagement and Retention, Leadership
How likely are you to lose your key employees? According to Gallup, only one-third of U.S. employees are engaged in their work and workplace. And only about one in five say their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do outstanding work. What’s worse,...
by Joanie Connell | Oct 24, 2019 | Blog, Communication, Employee Engagement and Retention, Leadership
Remember when computerized communication technology first came into being? If you’re too young to know what that was like, it was magical! We went from waiting impatiently for the mail carrier or staying near the phone to receiving emails and texts in minutes or...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 3, 2019 | Assessment, Blog
I continue to get complaints about how the Millennials are not responsible employees who can be counted on to show up to work and act professionally. I hear things like: He asked for a day off the first week She showed up in shorts that were so short her bottom...