Steady Trust: How Tom Frosina Empowers Leaders

By ALULA posted in Leadership, Trust, Leadership Unscripted

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"There isn't a playbook for every challenge," says Tom Frosina, Operations Leader at TD Bank. 

Tom knows that leadership isn't about following a script. Instead, effective leaders must be able to adapt, innovate, and empower their teams to succeed.

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Quick Chats, Big Impact: The Art of Mastering the Daily Check-In

By ALULA posted in Leadership, Culture, Communicating with Teams

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As a leader, your days are jam-packed —meetings, emails, putting out fires, rinse and repeat.  

It's enough to make your head spin. With all the demands on your time, it can be tempting to skip over those daily check-ins with your team. But trust us, that would be a costly mistake. 

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A Simple, Yet Underrated Skill for Leaders

By ALULA posted in Leadership, Team Culture, Culture, Coaching

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How well do you really know your team?

Beyond their job titles and performance metrics, what's the underlying story? The answer might surprise you. 

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Leadership Behaviors that Drive High-Performance in a Hybrid Workplace

By Brian Cole, Ph.D. posted in Leadership, Team Culture, Leading Remote Teams, Managing Remotely

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Hybrid work continues to impact employees’ preferences, but how does it impact their leaders? 

In 2021, the World Trend Index reported that 73% of employees wanted flexible remote work options. The latest insights from Gallup show the number dipping only slightly to 60% today. Remote-capable employees are getting what they want, as most are working in a hybrid or exclusively remote arrangement. But are leaders getting what they need to provide support and get results? 

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Talking Isn't Enough: A Leader's Guide to Communication that Inspires Action

By ALULA posted in Behavior, Leadership, Communicating with Teams

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When was the last time your team left a meeting feeling genuinely inspired?  

If you're struggling to remember, you're not alone. In a world of endless emails and back-to-back video calls, truly effective leadership communication has become a rare skill. It's not about how many words you say, but how deeply they resonate. It's about turning strategy into action, and hesitation into momentum. 

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Making Change Stick: Beyond the Spaghetti Test

By Delores (Dee) Conway posted in Behavior, Leadership, Communicating with Teams, Change

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What does organizational change have to do with spaghetti? 

You remember the old spaghetti test. Throw a strand at the wall and if it sticks, it's done. Unfortunately, some leaders approach organizational change with the same haphazard method. 

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Beyond Assumptions: How Leaders Shape Employee Experience

By Krystyna Riley posted in Leadership, Team Culture, Trust, Employee Experience

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Leaders everywhere are talking about Employee Experience, and for good reason.

EX is perhaps the single most important thing an employer can do to improve engagement, productivity, and retention. 

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Post-Layoff Success: Employee Experience for the Long Haul

By Michael Mangan, Ph.D. posted in Leadership, Team Culture, Trust, Employee Experience

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It was a perfect storm that threatened a large company’s entire Employee Experience (EX).

A major player in the technology sector, this company was facing a restructuring triggered by an acquisition. From the moment the deal was announced, employees knew layoffs were likely. 

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Own Your Career: Intentional Professional Development

By Kelly Therrien posted in Behavior, Leadership, Professional Development

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Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of giving an invited talk at the Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Network Conference in Houston, TX. I knew it would be a great opportunity to engage with OBM professionals and researchers on a challenge that everyone shares right now: facing the inevitability of change, particularly career change.

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How Employee Experience Drives Hybrid Workforce Excellence

By Brian Cole, Ph.D. posted in Leadership, Team Culture, Communicating with Teams, Leading Remote Teams, Managing Remotely, Hybrid Work Environment, Trust, Employee Experience

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Can you still create a compelling employee experience (EX) when you don’t get to see your employees in person?

Welcome to the great EX-hybrid challenge. EX is the sum total of all the interactions employees have with people, processes, technologies, and their physical working environment. These are the elements necessary to promote engagement and productivity, and retention.  

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