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CTD Managing Director, Brenda Hampel, has been sharing a coaching related article with her clients and associates. The HBR article: Happiness Traps: How We Sabotage Ourselves at Work, has applicability with individuals as well as teams. Brenda notes, “Leaders can apply the...
Roy Cohen, formerly the CHRO of TruGreen and now a partner with the consultancy ResultsThroughPeople.com, has astutely observed that the current talent pool “depends on two things: the strength of your brand and the market.”
Clearly today the latter of the...
CTD Managing Director Erika Lamont has been sharing the HBR article, To Be a Great Leader, You Must Learn to Delegate Well with many of her coaching clients. Erika says, “Appropriate delegation is a constant challenge for many leaders, especially...
According to Gallup’s “The State of the American Manager” report, just 30 percent of employees and 35 percent of managers are engaged at work.
Managers, Gallup finds, account for at least 70 percent of the variance in...
Connect the Dots is very pleased to announce the addition of Erika Bray to our firm as our Director, Business Development.
As Director, Business Development, Erika will focus on continuing our growth by helping us add to our client base. Erika brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to CTD's growth initiatives. CTD Managing Director, Brenda Hampel says. " Erika's professional approach and...
Effective leaders are proactive instead of reactive. Rather than reacting to problems, they proactively promote employee performance and enable their teams to thrive.
As a leader, four critical tools enable you to proactively manage your team’s performance:
While organizations should give all new employees early feedback about their behaviors and how they’re perceived, it’s IMPERATIVE to do so for new leaders.
Effective onboarding feedback empowers new leaders at your organization to align more quickly around the organization’s culture and expectations .Failing to...
As a leader, you’re going to run into employee performance problems. They’re inevitable and unavoidable. But they are addressable and often solvable. It’s important to address them quickly and effectively, so that the consequences of the performance problems are minimized for employees, your team, your department, and/or your...
Surveys show that 70-75 percent of Fortune 500 companies have dedicated mentoring programs. It’s easy to see why so many do. Successful mentoring programs have many powerful benefits for employers, including:
Stand Out or Fall Flat: Many HR Professionals Seek Onboarding Improvements to Increase Productivity and Engagement
Based on feedback Erika Lamont, Managing Director, Connect the Dots received from her presentation at the annual Gulf Coast Symposium on HR in Houston Texas, we find again that onboarding effectiveness and a...