Change isn’t easy, but it’s inevitable. As a leader, it’s your responsibility to guide your team through uncertain times. No matter what kind of shifts your team encounters, you can manage the unsure times that lie ahead. 1. Build Your Team Having the right team to carry out change is crucial to the growth of not just the team, but the entire organization. Good change...
12 Big-Impact Ways to Improve Your Company
Is your company lacking in employee engagement? Is there high turnover? Or perhaps your company is on the 100 Great Places to work list like Intuit? No matter where your organization falls on this spectrum, there might still be room for improvement! Last month, Tony...
Selling Your Bright Idea: the Realities of Innovation
Your boss has been harping for months on the idea that everyone needs to be more innovative. If the company can’t be more innovative, you’re told, it can’t compete. Why? Authors of “The Innovator’s Dilemma” say that not only are innovative companies given higher valuations...
You’re All Heroes! But We Had to Choose a Winner…
Last month we asked our customers to nominate the QuickBase Heroes at their organizations. What are QuickBase Heroes?, you may ask. They are the folks who swoop in and create solutions for all kinds of business problems. Like magic they streamline complex business processes, get...
Customer-Powered Innovation at QuickBase
QuickBase is committed to providing more opportunities for our customers to give us feedback. We’ve gone on the road, administered loads of surveys and usability tests, conducted hundreds of customer interviews, and have given our customers real-time access to QuickBase employees via social media channels. One...
HEROes and Innovation: Is Your Company Ready?
Previously, I wrote a blog post on how to identify your company’s HEROes and how to manage your company’s HEROes. As a quick recap, HEROes are Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives; employees who feel empowered to solve customer problems by acting resourcefully, including using any...
Nominate a QuickBase Hero to Win an iPad2!
We hear a lot of stories about customers tackling business challenges of epic proportions using QuickBase. Its high time we celebrate their accomplishments! That’s why we’re launching the QuickBase Hero Search to find the individual who best personifies the QuickBase Hero. And we’re throwing in a...
Anita Bruzzese is a syndicated columnist for Gannett/USA Today on workplace issues and the author of “45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy.” She has been on the Today show, and quoted in publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, Self.com and BusinessWeek.com. Her website, 45things.com, is listed on the Forbes top 100 websites for women.
Author and speaker Wendy Komac is a long-time turnaround specialist who has helped save companies by focusing on changing under performers to exceptional workers. She is the author of I Work with Crabby Crappy People, a humorous and highly informative book about achieving happiness and success.
Alexandra Levit’s goal is to help people find meaningful jobs - quickly and simply - and to succeed beyond measure once they get there. Follow her @alevit.
Eva Rykrsmith is an organizational psychology practitioner. Her passion lies in bringing a psychology perspective to the business world, with the mission of creating a high-performance environment. Follow her @EvaRykr.
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Just welcoming your expertise to the blog, Wendy. Given that 80% of change initiatives fail, we can... - alexandralevit:
Hi, R – I have two Homelanders too. I personally believe that the college market is going to... - rwilcox:
An interesting entry, although I disagree with your conclusions about salary. Here’s why: I have a... - RDS:
This is a fantastic list. Another good is 8 ways to keep your boss happy. http://www.inc.com/geoffrey... - Dush Ramachandran:
Thanks Eva. I’m glad you liked the article.
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