By: Nancy Evans We have been sharing simple methods that can help all of us to increase our Resiliency; first with Mindfulness and now with Gratitude. Mindfulness is focusing attention and awareness on the present moment. Humans spend a lot of time reliving the past and ruminating about the future. When we are mindful, we… Read More
How do we manage our emotions and behaviors when we experience the obstacles and challenges thrust upon us by society and business? Organizations inlcuding CoBank have found that Resilience skills training helps employees deal with change, improves leadership and drives engagement. Learn from this conversation between CoBank Director of Learning & Development, Steve Franklin and TRACOM… Read More
When was the last time you completed a task without becoming distracted by an email? Have you engaged in a long social encounter without escaping to your cell phone to check Facebook or a text? As we have become more interconnected and dependent on technology our brains are also beginning to respond to these changes… Read More
All people go through rough times at work, some of them major, like the loss of a job, and some relatively minor, like being reassigned to a new role as part of a reorganization. The common belief has always been that people will naturally bounce back and quickly recover from setbacks, even the major ones…. Read More
A new article from Chief Learning Officer discusses the challenging job that HR executives have in achieving organizational change. Senior leaders want change and they want it fast. But employees fear, resist and even undermine change efforts. Author Dr. Casey Mulqueen explains that it’s not actually change that people hate. It’s the way they respond to… Read More
An IBM survey of nearly 1,400 individuals responsible for designing, creating or implementing change found that only 20% of respondents are considered successful in managing change, 87% said not enough focus is placed on managing change in critical projects, and only 40% of respondents felt they had the right skills to successfully manage change, despite… Read More
Multiple Studies Look at the Need for and Impact of Organizational Agility In February 2018, TRACOM released the findings from a new study of Organizational Agility. This study included interviews with senior human resources and Learning & Development executives who identified a significant Agility Gap facing organizations. It found that organizational leaders – both c-suite… Read More
TRACOM released the findings from a new study on Organizational Agility. This study included interviews with Senior HR and L&D Executives who identified a significant Agility Gap facing organizations. It found that organizational leaders – both C-Suite and HR – had widely recognized the need for Agility capabilities, but few are actually developing these skills.
Innovation is what propels companies forward. Without it, they falter, and this has never been truer than it is today. This much is clear, the rate of change is faster than ever. But there’s a problem. All organizations say they want to be agile, but when the rubber meets the road, many of them spin… Read More
Because of the hectic and fast pace of the world, many companies are questioning their workforce’s ability to keep up. If you’re peering in your competitors’ backyard and noticing a workforce that is succeeding and bouncing forward from the same adversities that are knocking your company over, you may wonder – what is missing? Many… Read More