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Gaining Self Awareness and Personal Strategies
Once upon a long ago I was sitting in a well-known coffee shop here in Singapore with two folks I’d only just met – Deborah Peterson and Dave Lim. Conversation got around to colours and profiling and within minutes I was saying, “I’d love to have my Profile done. That Emergenetics sounds fantastic! Can one…
Lees meerLessons from Zappos: 4 Steps to Building Corporate Culture
Defining corporate culture is almost as challenging as actually building corporate culture. After all, any company’s culture is in many ways singular to that organization. That’s why a simple definition like this one from a New York Times article titled, The Real Meaning of Corporate Culture is a good starting point: “Corporate culture is…what you…
Lees meerTrust in the Workplace: Begin with a Common Language
“Trust has to be built on the conviction that this conductor, this coordinator, this executive creates a partnership — and then you have trust.” – Peter Drucker. A manager and an employee won’t always see eye to eye, but this doesn’t mean that the manager doesn’t have a responsibility to facilitate a workplace where trust…
Lees meerThe Trust Factor: Facilitate Higher Team Understanding
An abundance of trust blog posts and articles are produced every week. You can find studies about the importance of trust in the workplace, tools for building trust, and statistics indicating that many of us aren’t very good at trust. Let’s face it, whether we like it or not, trust is a crucial part of…
Lees meerAchieve Greater Productivity
Does greater productivity occur when we can focus in one particular direction or when we can access multiple ways to get something done? It is an interesting question because it makes a difference in how you define productivity. I’ll give you an example. I was just speaking with a client who had a huge preference…
Lees meerEmployee Motivation From The Inside Out
In the human capital development space, employee motivation is a topic we hear time and time again. It’s usually in the form of a question— “What’s the best form of employee motivation?” I was reading a blog from Harvard Business Review and found it fascinating! It was titled “Why You Lead Determines How Well You…
Lees meer4 Ways to Cultivate Company Culture
People frequently ask me to describe the company culture at Emergenetics. More than anything, it is about the WE. By WE, I refer to “Whole Emergenetics,” our term for the representation of all Emergenetics Thinking Attributes and all thirds of Behavioral Spectrum within a collection of individuals. Using a WEapproach allows employees to work within…
Lees meerHow a Mid-Year Review Creates Openness and Accountability
Every summer our company holds a mid-year review that is attended by our entire US office. We call it the Blue Meeting. It’s not Blue Ocean Strategy, although we’ve talked about that and implemented some of those ideas before. It’s not about feeling blue (thankfully). Rather, it’s a meeting about data…numbers…financials…the rationale for where we’re…
Lees meerBenefits of the Emergenetics Profile
I stare at the blank piece of paper. A thousand thoughts fill my mind, but as soon as they make their presence known they are quashed by a cynical voice I recognize as my own, replying to each and every ‘grand idea’ by shooting them down. All I’m trying to do is write a song.…
Lees meerThe Key to Hiring the Right Candidate
Is there a key to hiring the right candidate? I recently spoke with our resident hiring expert Dr. Wendell Williams, co-founder of the Emergenetics Profile and ESP Hiring System. He pointed out a clear insight that many companies fail to actually do… even though it seems like a very obvious way to hire effectively. I’m…
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