Help Scout Leadership

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the midst of a pandemic, we had to cancel our in-person company retreat. Here's what we did to quickly transition to having a remote retreat instead. Read the full article

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Alison Green

MARCH 25, 2024

I go to the gym across the street after work on most days; it’s not affiliated with the company. Be direct with him — explain that you think it’ll be tough to make a business case for the role and why, and explain what qualifications you think the company would want if they did create it. That’s a red flag about them generally.

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Help Scout Leadership

AUGUST 22, 2023

When your company is enjoying some downtime during a retreat or holiday, how should you manage customer support? Read the full article

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Alison Green

MARCH 6, 2024

My husband is the office manager at a small, family-owned lawn service company. I think there are bigger issues to solve first: namely, what’s going on with Jake and can the company safely keep him as an employee? Related: our new admin crashed the company car and lied about it 2. It’s five answers to five questions.

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Forbes Leadership

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Leadership strategy retreats are meant to provide a way for leaders throughout an organization to come together outside of the workplace, communicate and learn more about one another, the company and how to reach shared goals, but these sessions aren't always as productive they could be.

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Forbes Leadership

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Now the company is on a mission to help reinvent corporate meetings and retreats. AutoCamp helped transform the idea of glamping.

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Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Although internal company newsletters are sent to your own colleagues and employees, they shouldn't be taken for granted. Company newsletters are the key to greater employee engagement. And engaged employees are more productive and contribute to your company's growth. New Employee Announcement. Source: Sender ).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2023

Plummeting flows of trade, capital, and people at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic prompted a wave of speculation about the end of globalization, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought even more predictions of a retreat toward national self-sufficiency. The data shows a broad pattern of decoupling between the U.S.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We know from our organizational alignment research that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement. Do You Need to Implement Strategies for Executive Teams to Stay Aligned?

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Association Now Leadership

APRIL 9, 2023

Recent reports have put the spotlight on how women and minorities aren’t gaining new seats on corporate boards ; a Heidrick & Struggles survey found that companies are favoring board members with past executive experience, which reduces the pool of first-time and diverse board members. How to do that? Expertise matters, of course.

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Chief Executive

APRIL 6, 2023

DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman, a 27-year veteran of the company, was pushed out this way, despite achieving a record 266 percent total shareholder return during her six years, beating the 165 percent return for all S&P 500 firms and delivering the third-highest shareholder return of all world’s top chemical companies. Listen for Ideas.

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15Five

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Organize team retreats Hold virtual team retreats or workshops to provide teams with an opportunity to discuss work and form deeper connections. For example, creator marketing platform ConvertKit holds bi-annual team retreats where their fully remote workforce collaborates and connects in person. Solutions 1. Solutions 8.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 3, 2020

Strategic Planning Retreat Facilitation. When you invest the time, energy, and money in strategic planning retreat facilitation, you want to be sure that your investment pays off. The stakes are high for strategy retreats; people need clear, compelling, and meaningful results that move the needle. Not Just Another Meeting.

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LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2024

Strategic Vision , Company Mission , Corporate Values , and Optimizing Strategies) serve as an organization’s North Star. We define strong strategic alignment as the cohesion between a company’s strategic direction and its organization’s capabilities, resources, and mindsets.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

About LSA Global Founded in 1995, LSA Global is the leading performance consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy. Learn more about getting aligned.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 30, 2024

Learn more about getting aligned. The post LSA Global Delivers Executive Team Accountability Session for Healthcare Provider appeared first on LSA Global.

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LSA Global

JUNE 2, 2023

Most companies run annual corporate strategy retreats to agree upon the key strategic priorities for the next twelve to thirty six months. This question encourages people to review critical decisions and ways of working and to consider how the company should act differently going forward. Resource allocation matters.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Measured Progress and Agreed Upon Next Steps About LSA Global Founded in 1995, LSA Global is the leading performance consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy.

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15Five

JUNE 27, 2019

Over the past seven years, we have written countless articles and spoken on dozens of stages on the subject of company culture, leadership, and employee performance. In every episode we’ll be asking “How do we build extraordinary companies by helping each person become better versions of themselves?”. What’s the podcast about?

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A Coherent Business Strategy Matters Our organizational alignment research found that a coherent business strategy accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement.

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AIHR

JANUARY 12, 2024

There is a lot of focus on hiring top talent, but it is equally important for a company to retain that talent. Some things may appear basic, but many companies overlook them. For example, a company that wants to foster creativity needs ample collaborative spaces rather than just rows of desks.

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Chief Executive

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But the deep existential question, the one that most of us have not yet discussed is, who will lead this company in the future? With all the time accommodation, mental health consideration and hybrid work, employee productivity and depth in understanding the company, competition, customers and business model will be sacrificed.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Perils of Neglecting Strategic Prioritization Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity and focus accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness , and employee engagement.

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Alison Green

APRIL 22, 2024

The noise complaint One time our VP was at a major industry conference and called security to file a noise complaint against a room down the hall, and it turned out to be her boss, the company president. (It Thank god I no longer work for a company that requires shared hotel rooms.) The funny thing is that she didn’t back down.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2024

After turning the company around and running it for seven years, he and his partners successfully sold the company. Based on his years of real-word experience, Gino created the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®), a practical method for helping companies achieve greatness.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 28, 2024

It is driven by an employee-centric approach encompassing every touchpoint of an employee’s interaction with the company. A research by Harvard Business Review shows that companies who perform well on employee experience metrics also tend to perform well on customer experience metrics. This goes on to improve job performance.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 24, 2024

Company-sponsored Sports Leagues: Organizing sports leagues or recreational activities, such as soccer, basketball, or even bowling, provides a fun way for employees to stay active, build relationships, and unwind outside work. Guided Meditation Sessions: Regular meditation sessions help reduce stress, improve focus, and encourage relaxation.

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Vantage Circle

JULY 23, 2020

The past two decades have seen a constant rise in companies investing in an employee reward system. Altogether, having a reward and recognition program is beneficial not only for the workforce but also for the company. Intrinsic rewards make employees feel valued in a company. Because it works. The 3 Major Types Of Rewards.

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Alison Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This post, we can’t get the highest performance rating 2 years in a row, holding a retreat at a coworker’s house, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I joined my current company a little over two years ago, where I work on a team of five people within a larger department of about 100.

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15Five

JUNE 27, 2019

Over the past seven years, we have written countless articles and spoken on dozens of stages on the subject of company culture, leadership, and employee performance. In every episode we’ll be asking “How do we build extraordinary companies by helping each person become better versions of themselves?”. What’s the podcast about?

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LSA Global

AUGUST 2, 2023

During a strategy retreat , it helps to consider four different strategy perspectives: customer, process, finance, and growth. In fact, our organizational alignment research found that culture accounts for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies.

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Alison Green

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

But all of this might be moot as my company (one of the largest tech companies in the world), is struggling and a leak to the press forced them to announce a huge company wide lay-off but they have been very vague regarding the parameters, we won’t know for another few weeks who is likely to be affected.

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Alison Green

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A reader writes: The small team of seven people I’m on (within a Fortune 500 company) recently had an offsite for team-building and strategic planning. This post, we had to share our “shadow sides” and “be more vulnerable” at a meeting , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager.

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Alison Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A reader writes: My boyfriend, “Joe,” and I work in different divisions for the same company and for the last two years it’s been wonderful. I want to stay and advance in my career with this company, but I feel like Cora has gotten away with being tactless and atrociously unprofessional.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Organizational Strategy and The First Steps to Strategic Action Just as with chess, the first moves after your strategy retreat are critical to set you and your team up for successful strategy execution. Many top players report spending years studying different chess openings to see how they can improve their game.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Explore this blog for top office New Year party ideas, including exclusive suggestions for remote teams and various company sizes to suit different budgets. Start the New Year with Gift Vouchers or Company Swags Usher into the New Year with a thoughtful combination of gift cards and company swags for your team. Did you know?

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The Huge Disconnect between Active and Passive Corporate Values We define corporate values as the company-wide guidelines for desired workplace behaviors. Or the company promotes open dialogue but fires the employee who acts as a “ devil’s advocate ” by respectfully challenging the boss’ pet proposal. What behaviors get punished?

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