The new book written by leading business professionals from the Great Work Cultures consortium titled From Hierarchy to High Performance, is now available for purchase on Amazon. Great Work Cultures (GWC) is a group of business experts who are committed…
Writers from Great Work Cultures Set to Publish Upcoming Book in August 2018
By News Room Members of the Great Work Cultures (GWC) have announced August 2018 as the release date for their upcoming book, From Hierarchy to High Performance: Unleashing the Hidden Superpowers of Ordinary People to Realize Extraordinary Results. The book expresses…
How to Boost Performance at Work: Assume the Positive, Eliminate the Negative
By Sue Bingham These 33 policies assume the worst about employees; ditch them, and treat employees like adults instead. For decades, traditional management practices have infected leaders. As a result, executives continue to endorse Neanderthal workplace policies and freedom-crushing micromanagement.…
Are we really willing to face the real reasons for turnover?
By Brooke Erol One of the challenges I hear from CEOs, entrepreneurs, Human Capital Directors is retaining great people. “Great” people here means they are a good fit for their position and are also aligned with values and culture of…
The 6 Components of Company Culture
by Shelby Jones Excerpt from chapter 1 of GREAT MONDAYS: How to design a company culture employees love. What will it take to be a place people not only want to work, but love to work? A persistent and consistent…
Trust is the ultimate tool to unleash your team’s potential
By Sue Bingham Trust is the keystone to managing a team. Just ask Jack who, after 17 years working job sites for a respected construction company, moved into a management role. Once in his new position, Jack decided to replace…
Are Your Slack Chats Accidentally Destroying Your Work Culture?
by Lydia Dishman Most of us who use Slack (or other instant messaging platforms) to communicate with colleagues don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how we are saying what we say. It’s just quick chat, after all. But according…
Would you hire 10 people to have only 3 working?
by Brooke Erol Probably you are saying “of course not”. It sounds ridiculous, right? Well, this is what we have done over the last decades. We never got rid of the industrial age mindset that told us how to…
It’s Time to Hire a Different Kind of HR Leader
by Sue Bingham Last month, I spoke with a former human resources director who had recently quit her high-paying job at a large company where she felt required to treat people with suspicion, devoid of dignity. She simply couldn’t take…
Haier Elevation
by Doug Kirkpatrick An Overview A hungry dragon is stirring in the Far East. Its name is Haier. In the fall of 2012, I visited Haier (pronounced “higher”) headquarters in Qingdao, China to meet its legendary Founder and CEO, Zhang…