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ADP has provided automated data systems for processing payroll and benefits for large and small organizations globally since 1947. In 2010, this $6-billion organization initiated a company-wide change for its 5,000 employees.
In 2008, an unprecedented change began in the global financial markets, and it continues today. Businesses and industries all over the world are affected, and organizations are hustling to find solutions that will help them transform their companies quickly so they can adjust to the turbulent marketplace changes threatening their survival.
Diversity can be a sensitive topic for companies to address, so many turn to tried-and-true training programs to guide these conversations. However, the Diversity Strategies team at American Airlines wanted to create and update their long-standing diversity training program, internally known as the Value of Respect program, and shift from a compliance-based program to one focusing on interaction and engagement. The team envisioned a training course that truly represented the diversity of its employees and
France's leading chemical producer, Arkema, is aiming to become a global leader in specialty chemicals. The company currently has 19,000 employees based in 50 countries, with 137 industrial plants and 13 research centers. Arkema produces state-of-the-art specialty chemicals that provide customers with practical solutions to such challenges as climate change, access to drinking water, the future of energy, fossil fuel preservation, and the need for lighter materials.
When BBVA Compass, a Sunbelt-based financial institution that operates more than 700 branches across seven states, embarked on an aggressive transformation of its technology platform, they needed a communications plan to gain support from its 12,000 employees.
Beaumont Hospitals have served southeast Michigan since 1955, growing from one small facility to a two-hospital regional medical center. Today, its medical staff includes more than 2,400 physicians representing more than 91 medical and surgical specialties. In 2006, Beaumont was embarking on a new strategy to unify the centers under a "OneBeaumont" banner.
Citizens Energy Group is a diverse utility service company, providing natural gas, thermal energy, water and wastewater services, and oil to about 800,000 people and thousands of businesses in the Indianapolis area. But this isn't your typical corporation. Citizens Energy is actually a Public Trust, founded 127 years ago to protect the local gas assets from takeover by monopolies like Standard Oil, as well as negative influences that can exist from political influence over basic
Chiquita is inarguably one of the world's most recognized brands, with its products sold in grocery stores in more than 60 countries.
Recently, Chiquita leadership determined that it was time to evolve from a "banana company" to a "fresh consumer products company." In redefining the company and shifting the strategy, there was a clear need to elevate the level of talent and leadership capabilities in Chiquita's 26,000 employees in 27 countries.
Concurrent with this need to communicate
As one of the world's leading specialty chemical companies, Clariant contributes to value creation through innovative and sustainable solutions for customers from many industries. The company's portfolio is designed to meet very specific needs with as much precision as possible while also addressing key trends through research and development. This includes focusing on energy efficient, renewable raw materials, emission-free mobility, and conserving finite resources. Clariant's business units are divided into four segments: Natural Resources, Plastics
As one of the world's leading specialty chemical companies, Clariant creates innovative and sustainable solutions for its customers spanning a diverse array of industries. The company's portfolio is designed to meet its clients' specific needs with as much precision as possible, while also addressing market trends, including energy efficiency, bio-based materials, emissions-free mobility, and conserving finite resources.
Since 1983, Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS), one of the world's largest payment-services firms, has been a leader in payment technology and processing, providing solutions to the financial services industry. TSYS serves more than 300 processing clients and 80,000 direct merchants worldwide.
Change requires a transition – a reorientation that people need to go through before change can work. CUNA Mutual Group, the leading provider of financial services to credit unions and their members, had recently appointed a new CEO and senior team and were in the process of transforming the company at lightning speed. In communicating the business case for change, and due to a transformation in the Sales organization, the executives in that area recognized
In 2003, CUNA Mutual Group, the leading provider of financial services to credit unions and their members, initiated changes that included a new organizational structure, new ways to interact with internal and external customers, and a renewed focus on their strategy. But despite a barrage of communication including intranet articles, executive-led forums, and PowerPoint presentations about the new policies, behaviors didn't change.
A 2004 employee survey showed that more than half of the employees didn't understand their own business
In the last decade, Bethesda-based DAI, which implements international development projects in 60+ countries, has experienced an impressive growth. DAI works to improve governance, infrastructure, agriculture, business, health care, the environment, and other areas vital to the progress of developing countries. The U.S. Agency for International Development has historically provided the bulk of the firm's revenue. In the past few years, the agency has been heavily focused on rebuilding Afghanistan. DAI has rapidly become the
Employees of Delta Air Lines had traditionally attended day-long diversity workshops intended to raise awareness of prejudices and biases in the workplace and targeted at translating diversity into a business capability. To effect a change, Delta wanted to embed the philosophy into the behaviors and beliefs of its people and into its processes rather than supporting an event that allowed people to say, "I took a class and now I'm diverse!"
Like many organizations, Hampton invests substantial resources into creating a thorough brand and culture training for its employees. And like other organizations, they wanted to know if was truly working.
In 2009, Dow embarked on a transformation of the company. At the core of the transformation was a new business model and strategy, which had been in development and execution for several years.
Increasingly, it was clear that transformation was necessary, as the old ways of working no longer fit the new realities. A confluence of external factors was fundamentally changing the rules of the game. The most critical change was that oil producers wanted to
In an employee survey, people at FirstEnergy said that they wanted to know more about where the company was headed and what part they played in the business. Leadership contacted Root to design a program to help all employees better understand the changing utility industry, FirstEnergy's strategies, and each employee's contribution to its future success.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products wanted to elevate the level of its new hire orientation program to address the learning styles of the Millennial generation and create an "immersive" experience for new employees. The goals were to present new and existing information relevant to new hires using a proven learning design approach, extensive use of visualization, and high levels of interactivity.
A global biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. This particular plant is responsible for tech transfer, product launching, and excellence in bottled packaging.
Making personal connections is a cornerstone of the hospitality industry. A few years ago at Hampton, many of their 1,850-plus General Managers were feeling isolated, without avenues to connect with other hotels. As a brand, they had collected various best practices, but collaboration across the lines was limited. General Managers wanted the ability to electronically share best practices, ask questions, and learn from the experiences of their peers. Being a franchise organization, however, it was a
Hampton Inn, part of the Hilton family, boasts 1,400 hotels that are 99% franchise-owned and operated. Hampton led the mid-scale, limited service hotel industry for years, but when its numbers began to slip, leaders needed a way to "turbo-charge" the brand.
Holiday Inn Express is a franchise company of 1,450 hotels, part of the InterContinental Hotels Group. Developing a curriculum to serve – and appeal to – a wide employee base with limited time and training budgets would require an innovative, personalized solution.
Dedicated to caring for the terminally ill since 1981, Hospice of Northwest Ohio is the Toledo area's largest provider of hospice care. As a non-profit, community-based organization, its mission is to provide specialized medical, emotional, and spiritual care to people of all ages (and their families) living with any end-stage illness. Their vision: To positively transform the way people view and experience the end of life.
When McDermott International planned to combine two of its entities, it wasn't really an "acquisition," but a definite blending of two businesses and their cultures.
MedImmune is the biologics arm of AstraZeneca, producing two marketed biopharmaceutical products, FluMist® (Influenza Vaccine Live, Intranasal) and Synagis® (palivizumab). Accordingly, the company is both highly technical and highly regulated. They've grown from 2,600 employees in 2007 to 4,200 today. With constant changes in the industry, MedImmune's leadership wanted all employees within Operations, regardless of functional role, to have a common foundation of the what, how, and why of their work.
There were three basic goals
During the buoyant home-building market of the early 2000s, Merillat, a leading cabinet-maker and highly successful division of the Masco Corporation, enjoyed exponential growth. With demand outpacing supply, full order books, and successive years of impressive sales results, its leaders had no reason to expect anything other than future success. But significant market changes brought a disruption to this otherwise sunny forecast.
Monsanto, one of the world's leading agricultural companies, continually faces strong competition and new challenges. In April 2007, the leaders of the U.S. commercial organization created a strategy to earn the #1 position with customers.
When Monsanto examined its core competencies, they determined enhancements that were needed to build stronger relationships while increasing business. They used a cascaded communication from management to launch the strategy. The result? People didn't connect the dots – there was little
California-based Panda Restaurant Group has 900 restaurants and 16,000 employees – it's the nation's largest Chinese foodservice provider. With an aggressive growth plan, Panda had one major obstacle to achieving its vision – a lack of consistent, targeted, skills-based training.
Petco, a specialty retailer of premium pet food, supplies, and services, enjoyed leading the market for years. In 2006, when competition intensified, Petco lost share and was acquired by private equity investors. CEO Jim Myers set the goal to regain the top spot in the market. To do this, he had to gain the trust of the entire company so they could see that his goal was not only possible, but that all associates had
With the rapid growth of the Pet Specialty industry in recent years, Petco observed a real opportunity to take the leadership position in the market. Petco's efforts began by creating alignment at the senior leadership level to develop a clear message about the marketplace and their strategy, and then a plan to engage customers. Once established, this strategy and associated initiatives were cascaded down through the Petco organization using multiple tools and techniques that centered
DuPont Pioneer strives to be the world's most innovative plant genetics business, delivering industry-leading products and unmatched service and support. While there have been many changes since the business was founded in 1926, it has remained steadfast in its dedication to one guiding principle – the success of the business is based on its customers' success. That belief has helped Pioneer become a leading developer and supplier of plant genetics to farmers worldwide and has
With the right elements, trainers at PLS knew they could create strong managers who could inspire their teams and operationalize their aggressive growth plan.
In 2008, PPG Fiber Glass, the world's leading coatings, specialty products and services company, was evolving from a mass production system to a lean-based customer pull manufacturing system to enhance organizational adaptability, better serve the changing needs of the customer base, and reduce the working capital or cash required to operate the business. In the past, the organization would have determined what was changing within each of the functions and trained only those employees on
It's easy to talk about rapid growth. But growth requires effective execution, and execution starts first and foremost with people. Successful growth plans hit the sweet spot between two extremes. They make the strategic planning process a democracy where the conclusions merely represent what we can all agree on, or they represent a plan vetted by top executives (or worse yet, external consultants) behind
PulteGroup has been providing the American dream of homeownership to families for more than 60 years. What started as a single home built and sold due to the entrepreneurial spirit of an 18-year-old Bill Pulte has grown into the nation's sole multi-brand homebuilding company. PulteGroup serves homeowners during all phases of life through three distinct brands – Centex for first-time homebuyers, Pulte Homes for consumers in the move-up division, and Del Webb for active adults
When people think of current economic challenges, one of the first industries to be mentioned is homebuilding. When that's your business, keeping employees engaged and confident is a major focus.
The people at Pulte Homes are proud of their 58-year history, the half-million new homes and communities they've built across the country, and the awards and recognition they have earned over the years. In its recent past, Pulte moved from not even being a blip on
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA) was created on January 1, 2003 as an independent agency to manage the day-to-day operations of San Diego International Airport and to address the region's long-term air transportation needs. The legislation that created the Airport Authority mandates three main responsibilities:
Trends such as technology and changing customer preferences prompted Scotiabank to introduce a comprehensive business strategy that would transform service delivery in its Canadian branch network. The challenge was to implement the changes quickly while causing minimum disruption to its 28,000 employees at more than 1,000 branches.
The 28-member airlines of Star Alliance, the world's longest-serving international airline alliance, handle customers all over the world. Hundreds of thousands of people work for these diverse member airlines. With this kind of audience, providing training can be a challenging task.
At the Star Alliance Services GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany, 70 full-time staffers develop and implement new products and services together with the member carriers. They develop training for the member carriers' employees to ensure proper
In 2008, Starbucks Coffee Company had experienced phenomenal growth and expansion. They had created three leadership training programs focused on management styles and techniques that align with their unique culture. The programs complemented each other, provided foundational knowledge and insight, and developed capabilities. The programs were offered to store managers, district managers, and retail leaders. Starbucks needed a way to create excitement about the programs to drive enrollment, which was optional.
Not only did Starbucks want
The name "Swarovski" is synonymous with luxury. For many years, the company has been known as a manufacturer of fine crystal pieces perfect for collectors and gift-giving. They then expanded into the world of fashion with collections in both jewelry and accessories.
Syngenta is a world's leading agri-business with more than 28,000 employees in 90+ countries dedicated to its purpose: Bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class science, global reach, and commitment to customers, Syngenta helps to increase crop productivity, protect the environment, and improve health and quality of life.
Synopsys is a publicly traded global technology organization that has its hand — or more precisely, its software — in almost everything. From cars to computers to medical devices, Synopsys provides the software, IP, and services used to create advanced chips and systems to run an array of electronics and gadgets. The company, founded nearly 30 years ago, has been on a steady growth trajectory, thanks to continual product innovation and several successful mergers and
Taco Bell leaders saw a need to seriously examine the way it operated its restaurants – the operating system and processes, management capability, and organizational culture. They needed significant change at every level to increase restaurant revenue.
The senior team concluded that Taco Bell needed to "define the whole" – the way its system should work. However, in many ways, they didn't have a system, but more of a "task approach." They realized they weren't defining
TD Wealth takes a personal approach to building its clients' wealth and legacy, starting with getting to know them, their lifestyle, and the important people and activities in their lives. With wealth comes a complex set of challenges. Consulting with clients at every step, TD Wealth develops and implements fully integrated, personalized wealth management plans that fit existing needs and allow scalability for the future.
Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc., a retailer known for its fashion-forward styles for children from newborn to 10 years old, had increased its number of associates more than 30% since 2004, to 14,000 at over 800 stores. With 21,000 employees and additional stores in development, The Children's Place knew that several of its training sessions would need to change to accommodate its growth.
Headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United Concordia Dental is one of the largest dental insurers in the United States with more than 8 million members worldwide and 1,000 employees. United Concordia Companies, Inc. (UCCI) was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Highmark in 1992. UCCI acquired, and today operates, 11 subsidiary companies licensed to transact health insurance and/or dental managed care in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. UCCI also maintains
In the airline industry, as in others, attracting and retaining preferred customers takes a lot of effort. US Airways focused their efforts on providing reliable operations and made tremendous strides. With operations in check, attention shifted to service – more specifically, service recovery. US Airways knew that to deliver service standards, especially in service recovery situations, each employee's skill and attitude is critical.
As one of Europe's largest generators of electricity, Vattenfall operates a commercial energy business focused on being a leader in developing environmentally sustainable energy production. Vattenfall produces electricity and heat from six energy sources, giving the company a flexible and well-diversified business. With three main products – electricity, heat and gas – the company has three main markets: the Nordic countries, Germany and the Netherlands.
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Stay ahead of change To survive in the current competitive marketplace, an organization's internal rate of change needs to move at the same pace, or faster, than external change. Organizations that rise to the top are the ones that encourage the entrepreneurial mindset of being fiercely
Adapt and Grow Leaders As a new leader, you need to blend the "then" with the "now", the "them" and the "us". The old and new guards must jointly commit to standards they want to live up to as you move forward. Download the white paper After
Managers are People Each manager has his or her own style, personality, quirks, beliefs, strengths, and passions. Naturally, these traits influence how they do their jobs and how they lead their employees. The best bosses are the ones who have the ability to coach their employees
Break Down the Silos Silos are prevalent in most organizations. But they wreak havoc on executing good strategies by stifling communication, change, and growth, and increasing costs. Download the white paper Breaking Down Silos: Three Ways to Work Better Together to learn how to get everyone working
There are three beliefs that keep people from telling and accepting the truth at work: People believe that their managers and leaders really don't want to hear the truth. People don't think they can safely tell the truth. People don't know how to discuss the "undiscussable" issues and
Start Building Cross-Functional Teams Today There is undeniable value to teamwork and collaboration based on the results it can yield. However, it's not always an easy road. In fact, a recent survey revealed that America's workers said it was most difficult managing across than managing up
What Keeps Your Employees Engaged? More often than not, large-scale transformations fail because the prize is not clear. When employees don't understand the "why" behind the change and what's in it for them, they will not dedicate themselves to the new go-forward plan. Download the white paper
Get Everyone Onboard Imagine how your company would look and how it could perform if every single person at every level really understood why your company needs to change, what most needs to change, and how they contribute to "us" winning. Download the white paper to learn: Why
What Keeps your Employees Engaged? More often than not, large-scale transformations fail because the prize is not clear. When employees don't understand the "why" behind the change and what's in it for them, they will not dedicate themselves to the new go-forward plan. Download the white paper
Find Out How These Fears are Impacting Employee Engagement Realism and truth telling are at the heart of authentic engagement and change. The challenge is that rarely have we seen organizations of any type, profit or non-profit, where people tell each other the truth. And the
Culture Impacts Success Leaders managing or supporting a merger or acquisition will find that culture has an impact on its success from both a morale and a dollars perspective. Among the culture-related issues that need to be resolved are: Newly created leadership teams struggle with the norms
Risk Taking Shouldn't Be Scary "This is the way we've always done it." How many of you have heard that before? This is the mantra for an anemic business model. Giving your people guidelines for safe risk taking is the way you'll supercharge your organization's culture,
Create a Better Customer Experience Your success as an organization rests solely on the shoulders of your people and the experience they are providing to your customers. Your front line is the first point of contact with your customers. In all likelihood, they know what your
Enlighten & Educate Leaders, it is your new job to go on an endless pursuit to illuminate and illustrate what your strategy means in very practical, tangible terms. If people are clueless, they sit on the sidelines instead of engaging in the company's new direction. Check
Lead By Example Are you a business Gandhi who leads by genuine example and encourages change? Or are you and your organization living in the dreaded Disengagement Canyon? Grab these resources quickly to bring out your inner Gandhi and be the change you want to see
Help Them Help You Before any organization can even think of winning customers – for a day, a week, or forever – there is a lot of work to be done to properly engage the people who can make that happen – the employees. Download the white
Set Executives up for Success Just because an executive is an expert in their field doesn't mean they can be seamlessly inserted into your organization and immediately thrive. Before getting started, they need to find the balance between challenging how things should be done in the
Get Your House in Order Building and maintaining a successful learning program is like building a house. First, create a blueprint of your vision. Next, choose your materials and put the structure together. Then, sustain what you've built with regular maintenance and reinforcement. Download the white paper
Talk Amongst Yourselves Communication plays a central role in moving teams "into the zone" and helping your people achieve more than they ever thought possible. Download the white paper Get In the Zone: Five Communication Tips to Create a Team That's Hard to Beat to learn the
Get Clarity. Get Results. Knowing how to clearly communicate expectations will change the way you work with your team and improve outcomes more than you can imagine. Download the white paper Helping Managers Put the Kibosh on Confusion — What NOT to Do When Trying to Set
Employees don't leave companies... they leave managers Most front-line managers are star individual contributors who were promoted as a reward for doing a great job. But these managers haven't been "armed" to lead their teams through formal training or even screened for aptitude. And this is
Balance Power with Authenticity It's been scientifically proven: Power reduces empathy, authenticity, and vulnerability. But when you level the playing field – when you put people shoulder to shoulder – it leads to more meaningful and valuable conversations. To be a good leader who inspires and engages
Connect Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself Step out of your comfort zone and wake up your people to feel as passionate about your strategy as you do. Download the white paper "Lose the Corporate Jargon and Engage Them with Authenticity" to learn how to connect on a
Inspire Managers Beyond the Classroom A successful manager development strategy must include ongoing sustainment practices to ensure employees apply their new knowledge in their everyday jobs. Download the white paper Manager Development: The Hardest Thing You're Not Doing to learn three ways to stop your training programs
Become the Strategy Execution Officer Whether you're in your first 90 days of a new role or even if you're a seasoned HR leader, download the white paper New HR Leaders — Tips for Getting a Seat at the Strategy Table in Your First 90 Days. This paper
Change is Hard. Strategic Change is Even Harder. It's part of a big lifecycle. It's a process. It takes time. Planning for change and viewing it as a process will deliver those first steps of success and be a critical ingredient to ensure sustained execution. Download the How
It's time to get strategic with your onboarding This white paper is brimming with information and best practices around the onboarding process. Root explains the value and benefits you can realize by making onboarding a strategic initiative rather than just a checklist for new employees. This
The Roots of Engagement Companies with higher levels of engagement perform significantly better. So, as a leader, you can't ignore engagement levels. If you feel your people can and should be giving you more of their best, spend less time worrying about compensation and flextime, and
Ensure your Leadership Team is Aligned For any plan, initiative or strategy to be successful, every leadership team must have a set of clear priorities in place to guide the actions of the business. Download the how-to paper: Setting Business Priorities: the Six Most Important Responsibilities for
Adapt and Grow Leaders Fact #1: Your company is only going to execute as fast or as slow as your leaders' ability to adapt to change in the marketplace and engage their teams in the business. Fact #2: Developing great leaders increases your odds of successful strategy
Managers Must Understand the Strategy Driving strategy execution is tough. It relies on effective operations, clear strategies, and engaged employees. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. So how does an organization make strategy execution easier? Download the white paper: Six High-Performance Approaches that Yield Strategy
Get Your People To Change. It Starts with You. Actions speak louder than words. You've heard it a hundred times, but it's amazingly true in the corporate world. Deeply embedded traditional behaviors tend to persist and they change far more slowly than marketplace factors or new
Co-thinking Your Way to Great Decisions Decision making by democratic vote isn't required or even close to the best way to make the right choice in organizations. When committed, creative, engaged individuals come together, the critical thinking that happens will almost make the decision for you.
Stop Planning and Start Implementing Engagement goes beyond ordinary satisfaction in that it involves a level of commitment from employees, customers, partners and suppliers that surpasses simple respect for an organization or mere contentment within the relationship. True engagement must translate into enhanced performance. Download the Enterprise
Skill Building Creates Dedicated Employees One in five employees say they either don't understand their company's business strategy or they don't know how their role supports it. No strategy or business transformation effort can succeed if people are not armed with the new knowledge, skills, and
Change the Conversation. Build the Relationship. When managers do their jobs right, they inspire their teams to live up to their potential — and the organization reaps the reward. What's a critical component of success? Building great relationships. But knowing the importance of building relationships isn't
Change the Conversation. Build the Relationship. When managers do their jobs right, they inspire their teams to live up to their potential — and the organization reaps the reward. What's a critical component of success? Building great relationships. But knowing the importance of building relationships isn't
Organizational Transformation The biggest obstacle to organizational transformation is winning over the hearts and minds of your people. We're not just talking customers – we're talking about every single person in your business. This is the make-or-break challenge. Download this white paper to learn the trio of
Prepare Your Managers for Success As you promote people in your organization to new managers, it's important to ask yourself: Have I prepared them for this role? Are they ready to be managers and focus on a team first? Do they know how to delegate? Download the white paper Think
Or: How to Make Sure Your Strategy Doesn't Fall Flat After Launch Sustaining strategic change requires more than a company-wide email with a slide deck and a webinar. It requires an ongoing conversation and a system that turns action into outcomes across your business. Download this white
Make Your Customer Experience Strategy a Game-Changer Craft a compelling customer-first culture that differentiates your company from competitors and ensure it takes hold with your leaders, managers, and front line. Learn the key areas where organizations should focus efforts to ensure everyone from the top executive
Great Managers Inspire Great managers know the value of offering perspective, inspiring purpose, and connecting individuals to the big picture to drive higher levels of performance. These cornerstones of employee engagement can lead to faster innovation, increased productivity, and increased profitability. Learn proven and effective techniques that
Managers are Your Secret Weapon Managers are your single best link to your people. That also makes them your single best secret weapon for igniting change in your company's culture. Managers are the connective tissue of your culture, linking individuals, leaders, the business, and the strategy. When
Get Aligned. Forge Change. Alignment in an organization isn't an option, it's an absolute "must." It's the invisible force field that powers teams through resistance, adversity, and roadblocks. But forging true alignment can be a messy process. And it takes time. Download the white paper What Business
Managers Must Understand The Strategy As the linchpins of your organization, managers must understand your strategy to be able to filter it down to the front line. How are you arming your managers with an awareness of your organization's strategic vision and game plan for achieving
The Unique Combination that Assures Strategy Execution Success What's the best way to explain the "why" of a new strategy, provide a clear and full understanding of what it looks like to achieve a goal, and help employees see how they fit into the big picture?
Give Managers the Chance to Shine Regardless of industry, location, or size of the company, the same pitfalls trip up organizations across corporate America when it comes to developing managers as strategic assets. Download the white paper Why Managers Aren't Viewed as Strategic Assets and What to
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Team efficiency, employee retention, and overall profitability are just a few of the areas where managers can make a difference. But many training programs fall short in teaching managers how to engage, coach, and develop their teams.
Root believes emotional connections are critical to strategy execution. Video is the logical supporting solution for connecting your people's hearts to your new strategy or initiative rollout to help sustain the strategy over time.
We pioneered visual and creative methods that combine various learning styles to ensure we address the needs of everyone on your team. Our creative and visual engagement tactics are effective, memorable, relevant, and actionable – an ideal combination to enhance the learning process and produce results.
Root makes training purposeful and effective using the mediums and formats that work best for your type of organization.
Root delivers blended learning solutions in flexible formats supporting analysis and planning of strategies and initiatives and rollout of those strategies.
This quick fact sheet offers an at-a-glance view into the methods and solutions employed to drive transformation quickly.
Root Compass® focuses both on the skills that managers need to successfully coach teams and the understanding of how to connect their roles to strategy.
It may be harder than companies think to retain many of their employees, even during a time when people try to make the best out of their current positions.
Root's Strategy Execution Framework comprises the core capabilities we provide to our clients and the different solutions we can offer to help them achieve strategic outcomes.
Countless clients sing the praises of Root's Strategic Learning Map® Module experience, saying the value gained extends far beyond the process itself.
Strategy without execution is meaningless and execution without engagement is impossible.
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Sixty to 90% of most companies' strategies are not executed or don't deliver the intended results, 70% of employees are not actively engaged, and 53% of executives lack confidence in their company's strategy. This is not a recipe for success. Root's strategy execution know-how, creative and visual methods, and people-driven insights can keep your company strategy from becoming a statistical dud. This unique combination of capabilities applied as part of a strategic change process enables
Organizations and leaders spend countless hours and days, sometimes even years, crafting strategies to win in the market. Sometimes these strategies get executed with astounding results. More often than not, they languish in slide presentations and company memos, never to see the light of day in terms of execution and business outcomes.
Root's Watercooler® Culture Assessment sessions, your leadership team and organization get focused on healthy working relationships and open communication.
Engage your employees and they will see that they are part of something big; they will join you on a meaningful journey and adapt to
Not everyone in the business knows how to create a customer experience that delivers on the brand promise, which can be detrimental to customer service
One of the challenges that managers have regularly is trying to get buy-in on new thinking or new projects from their leadership team.
Managers — particularly front-line managers — are somewhat overlooked when it comes to organizations giving them the tools to be better managers — that includes
You've crafted a game-changing new business strategy. Now comes the hard part, deploying it – and more importantly, making it stick. Download the paper.
Typically star individual contributors are rewarded for doing a great job by being promoted into manager positions. However, most new managers don't get any formal
At Root, we know front-line managers are critical to an outstanding customer experience. Compass, our manager development program, turns acceptable manager performance into accelerated manager performance. Hear
Hospice of Northwest Ohio partnered with Root to develop several methods that will help doctor's recognize the importance of having End of Life conversations with
This video demonstrates how a Strategic Learning Map® Module can help engage employees with the challenges your company faces and create a better understanding of
This animated white paper outlines three key areas that organizations like yours must tackle to build a customer culture that truly differentiates your business. It
When leaders are trying to figure out how they need to fix an issue or a challenge in their organization, they may not be looking
People tend to interchangeably use the terms lead and manage, but they actually mean very different things. Leading vs. managing requires diverse competencies and skills. Rich Berens, president of Root, discusses
In very simple terms, employees are not buying what leaders are selling in unprecendented and profound numbers. Maybe the mistake is that we are all
Jim Haudan, CEO at Root, talks about what leaders can do to motivate their people during difficult times. This means letting go of the typical
Root has evolved in the last 20 years and now our brand identity supports Root's capabilities and solutions. We're personal, creative, and we make
PepsiCo shares its journey working with Root to get the every employee in the organization engaged around its strategy to become a total beverage company.
Charlie Piscitello, shares his insights on Petco's journey to truly engage employees around the company's strategy through their work with Root. "When you're not
The healthcare reform legislation is challenging for organizations that need to implement changes and transform their businesses. Helping every employee in the organization understand the
Hear what our clients have to say about the Compass Manager Development Program by Root Learning. You don't have to take our word
Petco recently rolled out the Root Compass Manager Development Program to it's store managers. This video explores the experience they had with Root Compass
Hear executives at PETCO explain their approach to manager development and the value of Root's Compass Manager Development Program.
Root's cinematic storytelling team wanted to give you a quick view into how Root helped improve productivity and engagement at Santa's workshop with some
We can find "engagement" in all aspects of life, and it can easily be categorized into four areas. Like a child on a soccer team
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority chose Root to develop a comprehensive program to help the organization get clear and aligned on its strategy, launch and
Root is a strategy execution company that helps organizations engage their people as the catalyst and driver for change. Root does this by connecting people
Decision making by democratic vote isn't required or even close to the best way to make the right choice in organizations. When committed, creative, engaged
Rich spoke at the Department of Defense's 2012 DoDIIS about exploring how organizations can better inspire people and create change to make a difference.Rich Berens,
Root Compass® has benefited numerous organizations in helping provide the skills and knowledge needed to create strong front-line managers. An experiential leadership development program, this
Individual contributors are responsible for bringing their best selves to work, while managers are responsible for bringing out the best in others. Two very different
For organizations to be successful, there are three things that every leader at every organization needs to do consistently: own the whole, create a shared
Rolling out an organizational strategy or initiative requires many of the same considerations as a consumer product launch. If leaders think like marketers and treat
"Help! There's a huge gap between leaders and people in the trenches." When your people and your strategies aren't connected, a gap forms. We call it "The Canyon"
People. Every business begins and ends with people. Human Beings Work Here. We believe exceptional leaders invest in their people. We know Strategy Execution
Root is in the people business. We believe exceptional leaders invest in their people. We know strategy execution through people is the only
As power goes to the head, it may shut down the heart, separating us from the connections that allow us to be human. Jim Haudan
Companies that focus on building trust have better engagement, productivity and strategic results. Check out 10 Minute Tips from Jim Haudan, author of The Art of Engagement and CEO of Root, where he discusses the four triggers of creating trust and practical tips for becoming a
Adapt and grow leaders If strategy sets the direction for what an organization intends to do, then culture is the way people do the work to bring that strategy to life. Check out this 10-minute webinar Culture Change in Your Organization, in which Root's CEO, Jim Haudan,
View our webinar to learn best practices for creating better followership and improving engagement across your organization. During this webinar, Jim discusses: What followership is and how it impacts leading strategic change How you can create followership and motivate people when the odds are against them Why leaders need
Engage Your People Watch our 30 minute on-demand webinar to learn how visualization can significantly improve employee engagement, operational performance, and strategic success. This webinar will help you: Eliminate the ambiguity that comes with new strategies or change initiatives Engage people in the process of how the strategy
There is an alarming trend taking place in Corporate America - the most important asset a company has is often the most forgotten.
HRMAC HR Leader
January 6, 2016
Root has expanded its Chicago office with new team members.
HRMAC HR Leader
January 6, 2016
The folks over at Bulldog Drummond have curated a selection of essays that explains and examines the power of thankfulness in business, leadership, and life.
Denise Lee Yohn
December 10, 2015
Your customers are actually in the driver's seat – and the best CX leaders recognize that customers are evaluating their experiences at every turn.
December 9, 2015
Purpose. When people believe what they do matters they show up differently, they engage differently, and they contribute differently. I believe we all have a
December 3, 2015
You can overcome hiring hurdles with a strong interview process. Asking the right questions and observing reactions can really go a long way.
Freshbooks Newsletter
December 1, 2015
Gratitude not only makes you feel good, but science shows it feeds into the type of skills today's leaders need in order to be successful
Bulldog Drummond Blog
November 25, 2015
If your employees are breaking for the door on Friday afternoons, you may be dealing with an employee engagement problem.
November 20, 2015
If your organization is neglecting your supervisors and not affording them time and resources for mentoring, that disregard will leach into your workforce.
November 4, 2015
Great employees say goodbye to great companies, despite the best intentions and efforts of both parties.
HR Dive
November 3, 2015
The problem is that HR leaders jumped to the conclusion that making people happy or engaged is what caused those companies to be successful.
Talent Management
November 1, 2015
Here's the reality: our experience tells us the right candidate was hired. And often, new employees leave because of their managers.
October 31, 2015
Disengaged employees are not always that easy to spot. They have not always been disengaged, but find themselves caught in a cycle of negative thoughts
C.A. Short
October 29, 2015
If you're bound to go to a meeting (or seven) a day, then it seems appropriate to figure out how to make them as effective
October 15, 2015
The most successful managers and frontline leaders are loved by their teams, respected by their peers and valued by the C-suite because they possess the
October 15, 2015
Discover which relationship elements require constant care in an environment where word-of-mouth often has greater influence than traditional marketing campaigns.
1to1 Magazine
September 28, 2015
The only way to forge true alignment is to willingly embrace the conflict and diversity that naturally exist between people and change. This is definitely
September 25, 2015
Today EQ is more relevant than it's ever been in the business world. People no longer want to work for someone who's all brain and
August 10, 2015
Managers are the linchpin to an organization's success, yet they are often unprepared to properly lead their teams to move a company towards its business
HR.com - Leadership Excellence Essentials
August 5, 2015
Communication can make or break the modern customer experience, but what does it mean to be transparent in today's business ecosystem?
1to1 Media
July 27, 2015
While entrenched in the field and working with a diverse group of clients, Rich Berens uses experience to mold his beliefs about employee engagement - beliefs are based around a
July 26, 2015
Not everyone is born to be a manager of others. However, most of us can become a great manager if given the right tools and
June 7, 2015
Managers, that cream in the Oreo between leadership and employees are getting squashed as a budget priority for development.
Success Television
May 21, 2015
We've got a management crisis right now, and we've also got an engagement crisis. Could the two be linked?
May 20, 2015
Great managers have the ability to drive uncommonly successful results for their organization by coaching their people.
Fast Company
May 15, 2015
Take a solid look at what's going on with how managers are overlooked today and the implications for the business.
Switch & Shift
May 11, 2015
Despite the very important role that managers play in the business world, they remain undervalued and poorly trained.
Blogs at ATD
May 11, 2015
Managers are the most under-trained and unappreciated employees in corporate America.
Training Magazine
May 1, 2015
Exceptional service begins with an internal culture that values staff over profits.
1to1 Magazine
April 20, 2015
When you pull most executives aside they will admit that they are still a bit confused between the difference of a vision and a mission
April 14, 2015
If large number of managers are disengaged and giving less than 100 percent to their jobs, how can they expect their employees to be highly
April 13, 2015
This general dynamic – the lack of meaningful guidance for inexperienced front-line managers who are still (often painfully) finding their way – is the subject
April 9, 2015
Leaders who are confident are not humble and those with humility are not confident.
Switch & Shift
April 7, 2015
Would you be concerned about wasting $37 billion? Because that's how much worker salary unnecessary meetings waste for U.S. businesses.
TinyHR Blog
April 6, 2015
What if you could map out your own dream job, and then make it real?
Inc. Magazine
April 6, 2015
This book will reform anyone who may have started off his or her management career on the wrong foot.
April 2, 2015
The study, which is based on responses from 200 training executives in the U.S., reveals that managers are not properly prepared to lead their teams
Yahoo Finance
April 1, 2015
If you have a hostile boss and are looking for ways to cope, here are some tips.
March 18, 2015
So instead of trying to hammer new recruits into a familiar shape or fobbing their unexpected opinions off as naïve, try listening to them and
Talent Culture
March 18, 2015
When the people who work for you are not engaged, you're not getting the best they have to offer, and you're sacrificing the business results.
March 10, 2015
You must establish your place in the company – and secure a seat at the strategy table.
February 23, 2015
Great customer experiences are built on solid strategies executed by people sharing a common vision
Forrester Blog
February 13, 2015
What leaders do and say impacts everything from how people are managed and how projects and activities are delegated (or not) to overall employee engagement.
February 7, 2015
Some of my best bosses were inspiring yet controlling. They knew how to seamlessly move from authoritative to inspirational at just the right moment. What
January 31, 2015
Your company is only going to execute as fast or slow as your leaders' ability to adapt to change and engage their teams
Switch & Shift
January 26, 2015
For most individuals, teams, and organizations, safe havens to have the real conversations that matter are behind closed doors.
January 20, 2015
Three foolproof ways to create sustained and lasting change in an organization.
HR Strategy and Planning Excellence Essentials presented by HR.com
December 31, 2014
Looking at the list, you'll see themes of service, people-centered change, and evolving culture.
Switch & Shift
December 30, 2014
Exploring the space, skills, and goals that will define the next phase of employee engagement.
1 to 1 Media
December 22, 2014
Employee engagement isn't earned by pleasing people with extra vacation days, it's about helping employees connect their work to the organization's goals.
December 17, 2014
Corporate America is riddled with horrible bosses, but horrible bosses – and the mediocre ones, too – can become great leaders.
December 9, 2014
A mistake that leaders make is they typically are "listening to respond"versus "listening to understand". The
December 3, 2014
Leaders consistently overlook the importance of employee engagement in successfully executing on strategies.
HR.com Excellence Essentials
December 3, 2014
Seven steps to follow so your people want to support any new initiative or change your business has on its radar.
Recognition and Engagement essentials by HR.com
December 1, 2014
Leaders: What would happen if you stopped looking for the things that aren't working and started looking for the things going well?
SAP Blogs
November 26, 2014
Explore the elements to being a better boss that unlocks the potential in people.
Switch & Shift
November 23, 2014
Posts on servant leadership, leadership trust, distracted leaders, a leadership metaphor, and leaders as dreamers.
The Leadership Crossing
November 15, 2014
Focusing on trust can offer leaders tremendous opportunities to differentiate their organizations – both with employees and with customers.
Switch & Shift
November 6, 2014
A lot can be gleaned by how we launch products and services effectively and applying it to how we launch and implement our
November 2, 2014
Most organizations aren't aligned on the importance of creating and integrating a customer experience strategy throughout the organization.
October 30, 2014
Five qualities are exhibited by successful leaders that help them be more authentic and create greater confidence and followership.
Switch & Shift
October 29, 2014
Realism and truth telling are at the heart of authentic engagement, but many organizations lack this realism.
October 28, 2014
How do you take an entire workforce and empower everyone at once? HR experts are trying a lot of strategies but aren't working.
Ceridian Blog
October 27, 2014
Three change bandits - "the Other Guy", "Adversity", and "Discomfort" - can be viewed as keeping even the best-intentioned leaders from being successful.
Successful Start-up 101
October 17, 2014
Most are still perplexed as to who within the enterprise should own responsibility for the customer experience.
1 to 1 Media
October 13, 2014
Fewer than 10% of strategies are executed successfully. Why do so many leaders spend time, money and energy to create a new strategy they can't launch?
Recognition and Engagement Essentials by HR.com
October 13, 2014
Scientists now know a simple but powerful truth: when authority and power go to your head, it turns off your heart.
October 13, 2014
The biggest obstacle to organizational transformation is winning over the hearts and minds of your people.
October 2, 2014
What would happen if leaders stopped looking for the things that aren't working and started looking for the things going well.
September 29, 2014
Haven't we talked about employee engagement enough? Nope! Despite the amount of investment in engagement, things aren't improving much.
TLNT Magazine
September 29, 2014
To drive a culture of engagement in your organization, you just need to follow four steps.
September 28, 2014
When someone is willing to admit they're vulnerable, it demonstrates a level of trust and respect with the person or people they're opening
Switch & Shift
September 28, 2014
CX leaders outpace laggards by a significant margin. Leaders understand retention and loyalty are key to success, yet most make three big mistakes
September 28, 2014
Gary Magenta discusses his passion for helping develop great managers and provides tips that organizations and individuals can use to evolve their manager and coaching
September 24, 2014
Gary Magenta discusses strategy execution through people and explains best practices for organizational leaders to bring their strategies to life successfully.
Business Talk Radio
September 23, 2014
Excerpt from Chapter 2 of "The Un-Bossy Boss: 12 Powerful Questions to Make You a Great Manager" by Gary Magenta. To be a Great
Training Magazine
August 25, 2014
Sadly, business has bred managers who "yell and tell," unable to connect to people as individuals. This results in managers who under-deliver to
Delivering Happiness Blog
August 11, 2014
Sending out a memo won't work. You need visuals and metaphors that provide an explanation of the the "why" of the strategy.
July 27, 2014
When I ask leaders about their managers' ability to engage and coach their teams, I often hear: "They're managers. They should already know
Delivering Happiness Blog
July 8, 2014
It is common knowledge that today's workforce struggles with engagement, but the latest Root Inc. survey digs deeper into the issue.
Quality of Life Observer
July 7, 2014
The brand has been on a nearly 10-year journey to differentiate its hotels from competitors on the basis of exceptional guest experiences.
Forrester Research
July 7, 2014
Learning maps are fast becoming the centerpiece of small-group interactive training sessions at many companies for transforming customer experiences.
Forrester Research
July 7, 2014
The report focuses on the increasing popularity of Learning Maps as a "training tool for companies that want to transform their cultures and become customer-obsessed."
June 27, 2014
Transforming a culture can be a challenge: It requires all employees to understand who their customers are, how customers perceive their interactions with
1 to 1 Media
June 27, 2014
The Hampton brand has knocked down its walls to unleash its culture – both internally and externally.
Engagement Strategies Magazine
June 9, 2014
There's a famous old saying from Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." I always liked that phrase, but now I
June 6, 2014
Building a culture of truth telling means creating a work environment where employees know it's not just OK but actually preferable to tell
June 2, 2014
Despite the recognition that employee engagement correlates to business success, several programs are in need of a complete revamp in order to be effective and
1to1 Media
May 26, 2014
A key problem with managers in today's businesses is they are not properly trained to lead people.
Switch & Shift
May 21, 2014
Asking meaningful questions, following your intuition, checking for clarity--check out these tips on being a great manager.
Fast Company
May 15, 2014
Management always wants their employees to be highly engaged and productive, and often seems surprised when they're not. Why aren't they getting it?
May 13, 2014
A new survey finds that what makes us satisfied at work isn't what's in our hearts; it's what's in our wallets. According to the Society
May 12, 2014
It's hard to do your best work, to be truly engaged, when you're feeling insecure. And your people do feel insecure.
The Conference Board Review
May 1, 2014
As more companies embrace flexible, geographically dispersed work environments, the idea that learning only happens at the office or in a classroom is far past
Training magazine
April 25, 2014
The first step in creating a winning customer experience is to create a customer-first culture. Here are three action items for getting started.
1to1 Media
April 18, 2014
Not every leadership book has to wax philosophically about principles and concepts. The Un-Bossy Boss is more of a practical how-to that uses personal examples.
April 8, 2014
If you ask people to describe how they feel on a daily basis, it is amazing how many times the word that comes up is
Switch & Shift
April 1, 2014
You probably have a customer experience strategy. You may even have some nice slick-looking slide presentations about that strategy. You're making every effort to segment
Business 2 Community
March 26, 2014
I reviewed Jim Haudan's The Art of Engagement: Bridging the Gap Between People and Possibilities because it was full of timely insights.
Healthcare Collaboration
March 25, 2014
Video, social media, and interactive platforms are just some of the technologies revolutionizing healthcare and helping improve the patient experience. In the second of this
1to1 Media
March 24, 2014
From state-of-the-art medical devices to social media interactions, technology is revolutionizing patients' lives, making what was previously impossible an everyday reality.
1to1 Media
March 17, 2014
Whether you're a great manager or a lousy one, there's always room for improvement. One easy way to become a much better leader: ask "powerful
Business Insider
March 5, 2014
Learning how to unleash the potential of individual employees and teams is what separates the middle-of-the pack managers from the great ones.
Entrepreneur Magazine
March 3, 2014
Root Inc., today announced the availability of Root Compass® 2.0, the latest version of its manager development program.
February 28, 2014
One of the most damaging gaps in an organization is between managers and teams. A sign of this problem occurs when we hear the terms
Business 2 Community
February 26, 2014
Experts outline the five main drivers of employee disengagement that business leaders need to steer clear of at all costs.
1to1 Media
February 17, 2014
Understanding exactly where you need more work can help you get ahead. Here's how to get a greater measure of self-awareness when it comes to
Fast Company
February 10, 2014
The main goal of businesses as a whole is to boost the bottom line in 2014, each department's focused on different priorities to try to
Business News Daily
February 9, 2014
This new book by Gary Magenta offers 12 Powerful Questions to help turn traditional manager/employee relationships into something greater and more powerful. By following Gary's recommendations, you
Kevin Kauzlaric Blog
January 23, 2014
Root, a strategy execution consulting company, today launched its customer experience solution, Customers for Life.
Destination CRM
October 30, 2013
Root Inc.'s spelling skills proved "salubrious" in helping its team win The Blade's 26th Annual Corporate and Community Spelling Bee in downtown Toledo.
The Blade
October 18, 2013
We're in the midst of massive transformations in the workplace, and it can be difficult to assess whether the your company is ready for the
The Huffington Post
October 10, 2013
Hilton Worldwide announced that it has been named a Bronze award winner in the 34th annual Telly Awards for its internal team member engagement videos.
Hilton Garden Inn
September 16, 2013
Change is daunting. It is, many times, easier to stick to the status quo rather than make an effort to bring about a change, irrespective
1to1 Media
September 4, 2013
Consider what part of your business lends itself to experimentation. Then ask yourself how ready, willing, and able you are to tear down traditional corporate
August 15, 2013
Listen to any championship team or player talk, and you're bound to hear tales of adversity. Overcoming obstacles, rebounding from difficult circumstances, responding to challenging
Sports Business Journal Daily
August 12, 2013
One of the most direct routes to being a great manager is to learn how to unleash the potential of your individual employees. This requires
Yahoo! Small Business Advisor
August 12, 2013
Organisations should engage their workforce in strategic thinking and execution to help ensure success for their strategies.
Best Practice Management
August 12, 2013
Without forming a focus group, conducting a marketing survey or even ditching his day job, he dreamed up the idea for the animated 3-D comedy,
Phoenix Focus
August 1, 2013
As hard-working Americans, we spend a significant portion of our lives within the walls of our workplace, and it looks like companies are starting to
Business Bee
July 22, 2013
Sustainment of manager training is viewed as vital, but is far from commonplace in most companies.
A great customer experience ensures happy life-long customers which can be make or break an organization. Deliver the ultimate customer experience today!
Your managers are assets you can't afford to take for granted. Learn four ways you can prevent leadership skills development efforts from falling short.
A frontline with the proper management skills provides the best customer experience possible which creates a very loyal customer base.
Risk taking leads to ideas and breakthroughs that can drive new business. In fact, the only way to be successful is to fail forward on
Countless studies over recent years have shown that managers are strategic assets. Yet, most companies pay no attention to this valuable employee.
Millennials. They're entering the workforce in droves, and they're not very quiet about it.
Customer experience is tough! Learn the 3 Do's and Don'ts of customer eperience from Gary Magenta.
Being a leader for the first time or at a new organization can be daunting. Follow these 3 To-dos to ease into the role a
Managers keep things humming by mentoring and motivating staff, watching over the front line, and keeping the day-to-day moving forward.
High performing teams use these four steps to hold the ultimate meeting. See the results of analyzing high performing teams meeting management styles.
All of us can learn from one another if we take the time to open up and listen. Even community leaders, politicians, and CEOs have
Realism and truth telling are at the heart of authentic engagement. However, many organizations lack this realism. By not embracing honesty and truth, we are
If you are in healthcare, I realize I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. So let's focus on the important stuff – your
Asking themselves this question gave Intel's President, Andy Grove, and its Chairman and CEO, Gordon Moore, the clarity to make a critical, business-changing decision to
An internal DuPont Pioneer study revealed that 95% of employees agreed or strongly agreed that the Learning Map sessions increased their understanding of the company
Strategy execution is really hard. It's difficult to focus on everything that needs to be done to keep the business running smoothly meeting key objectives,
Trust in the work environment seems like it would be a no-brainer. But somehow, building trust is one of the biggest challenges faced by
The message here to managers and those responsible for training or developing great managers is that mastery and consistent application of the basics is the
Kenexa's research shows the HR function has become too distanced from the employee population, leading to a misunderstanding of where the employee mindset truly is.
As in all powerful customer relationships, we hope to help you see the challenge and opportunity of strategy execution through people… from their view
By now, we as leaders should know that technology and learning are tied so closely together that we must acknowledge it in the way we
Purpose and meaning are two powerful and motivating forces. As a leader, it is important never to underestimate how important these things are for your
In his book The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely uses a series of experiments to shed insight into human behavior and why our actions often
Comic books, cartoons, and visuals are all powerful tools for telling the story of your company whether it's a new strategy, new ideas, or conveying
By refining the acceptance of paradox as a breakthrough creative process, you can build ritual around the "and" versus the "or," create repeatable practices for
Employee engagement always seems to be a nice to have. It usually comes after things like sales targets and product development. The thing most leaders
Be sure that your people have all the information when deploying a strategy. Without enough information, your strategy will be meaningless to them.
Research surrounding high performers and their daily practices can shed light on effective habits and routines that should be encouraged throughout your entire organization.
Despite the strides women have made in the workplace, there is still significant work to do. Corporations everywhere have digested the idea of a larger
Strategy execution occurs through people. But the tendency of execution challenged cultures is to say it and just assume that it will be done.
Are you tapped into your employees? Are you confident they understand the driving force behind your company? If you can't answer both of
The Accordion Chart is an innovative tool that provides a useful visual breakdown of everything you need to know to get your employees on the
A group at Root recently completed an analysis of proven approaches that lead to high-performing individuals and, ultimately, a high-performing organization. Learn how you can
The OTHER GUY Syndrome causes us to give away the control of our future to others. However, when we keep the control within ourselves, we
Staffing can be tough. It takes a lot of effort and investment on the part of an organization to find the right person for the
If your leaders aren't clear and aligned, then it's nearly impossible for the rest of the people in the business to do their jobs successfully
Is your technology working for your team as much as your team is working for you? If you have any doubt that the lines between
Honesty is the best policy. Why? Dishonest leaders affect people's trust in everything from decision making, relationships, and the future of the company.
At the center of any change effort, large or small, sits the need to connect a vision to specific tactics and actions. We often hear
Whether you know it or not, your organization is bustling with creative ideas, you just have to forgo some traditional mindsets and predictability to uncover
Driving change is one of the hardest things that people or organizations need to do. Approaching it as you would to form a new
Hilton Garden Inn noticed their niche market was becoming populated by additional brands going after the same target customers. This wake-up call drove them to
Rolling out a new business strategy without helping your employees truly understand it can be synonymous with trying to navigate a room with the lights
Executives don't know how to get their people on board and engaged in the process of implementing a new strategy. Largely this is because
The vast waste of human talent, organizational capabilities, and corporate assets is nothing short of a crisis for companies and a critical call for changing
Root designed a parking spot for Toledo's PARK(ing) Day event! Learn more about the wonderfully creative space we created, as well as our internal process.
While it's commonplace for companies to carefully craft strategies for launching and connecting their products and services to the external marketplace, the bigger question is
It's amazing what a fear-free, open environment will do in terms of encouraging people to share ideas. If people know it's not only safe, but
Visualizing the truth can create the safe conversation field to minimize people's fears and maximize the speed and authenticity of conversations, decisions, and strategic change
Realism and truth telling are at the heart of authentic engagement and change. The challenge is that rarely have we seen organizations of any type,
Much like an Olympic athlete must train to become best in the world. A manager must train to connect employees to the big picture and
All too often, we hire new people with great excitement and anticipation only to see our hopes for success fade away with a resignation, dismissal
You don't normally think of a conversation needing leadership, right? But without leadership, a conversation usually ends up being unproductive – going off on
One of the biggest misconceptions about organizational change is that EVERYTHING has to change. The truth is, every organization has aspects that work and
Communication is at the core of any organization. It surrounds every aspect of company processes and culture and helps create solutions. Without effective
Instead of trying to improve your organization by restructuring, leaders need to focus on creating clarity and alignment across the leadership team and the rest
Many times, an organization's front line is not even meeting customer expectations on the brand promises made by the company. Are your people authentically delivering
If people are your organization's most valuable assets, why is it only HR's job to ensure they are engaged in their work?
There are five capabilities of a highly cohesive and high-performance team, which is the nucleus of creating a culture of discipline and execution.
With the growth of mobility and the usefulness of the devices, it is time to enable our employees to use these tools for work. Sometimes
Visualization can help all of your employees see the big picture in your strategy. This enables them to engage with the areas that they effect
Employee engagement is challenging and like most things, getting started is the hardest part. Bruce Temkin helps guide you through the process so you can
Why do some organizations full of competent, smart, hard-working people sometimes fail? The headlines about failed organizations often discuss what happened but rarely get
Front line associates have the power to create brand loyalty in customers. Are you spending the time and resources to make sure they are properly
What would a company be like if its employees were completely disengaged drones? Think of it. Yuck! You probably would not want to be a
Learning to be a good coach is one of the biggest challenges – helping that next level of people find their own voices, their productivity,
The ability to see the big picture and then act accordingly can help ensure success. While it may be too late for the student-debt bubble,
Decisive leadership is wonderful, but it is not enough. Even good decisions are irrelevant without commitment on the part of those leading the change.
NOLS' guiding principles and 1,200+ hours of skill development helped me return as a more resourceful and a stronger judge of priorities. Yet, the greatest
Learning is a journey. When you start a new strategy it's important that everyone is on the same page and using metaphors can help.
If you're cooking up a strategy, be sure to mix in employee insights.
If your managers don't see their main job as "leading people," your company won't get where it wants to go.
Most organizations risk creating the metaphorical 'tree house' by failing to care and nourish the roots of their people. Focusing on nurturing rather than clean
Having the right culture ensures a successful and enjoyable process as employees navigate through the strategy to fulfill your future vision.
If you're not investing in your managers you may be holding your organization back from making your strategies a success. Find out how to empower
Owning the whole creates a significant difference between organizations successfully executing on strategies and those struggling to realize the intended results.
Leaders are so focused on their piece of the puzzle, they miss the big picture. Harness talent into integrated and simplified priorities for their organization.
Based on hundreds of conversations with managers, they all have one thing in common - they would give anything to have more time!
A people strategy is going to have a greater impact than a mere product launch. Learn why investing in your people is as important as
Design is more than just a fancy logo. Great design has the ability to deliver objectives and results in a way that drives change in
The cycle of briefing, executing, and debriefing is important to football teams, the military, and to your business. These learning cycles are key for employee
Managers move metrics, are yours moving them in the right direction? Ensure managers are creating better business performance
Few opportunities for building trust are as profound as a leader's role in creating a "safe haven" for difficult conversations, decisions, and strategy execution.
We all know we can't buy love, but that doesn't stop companies from trying to buy employee engagement, loyalty, or company pride. Learn four ways
Strategic change is a process that takes time and it must be planned out to deliver those first steps of success and ensure sustainment.
Swimming through a sea of leadership advice that may not fit your situation? Here are three pieces of advice that you can apply to your
People want to give to help create joy, to make a difference, and to be a part of something bigger than themselves.
Your business may not be musical, but your orchestra needs a conductor who knows the score.
There are four key concepts that contribute to building employment engagement and improving productivity.
Best practices in "managing up" to ensure better effectiveness in launching initiatives.
Applying the life sessions about giving and growing. Which lessons have stuck with you?
Cartoons aren't just for the Sunday funnies. Using them at the office opens minds to new ideas by suspending disbelief, so why not a cartoon?
Solving for complex strategies require visuals to help businesses relay the strategy to employees, just as a 10 year old uses visuals to solve complex
Occupy the Root blog. Tell us how well your organization is doing with employee engagement.
All work and no play will make you more than dull. If you haven't played at work for a while, here's what you're missing.
It's time for us trainers to stop just following orders and become stewards of good business decision-making!
Trainers - Do you want to sit at the Strategy table, then stop just taking orders.
With so many Rapid Development tools available, creating eLearning is easier than ever. But are there times when these tools just won't cut it?
Working together as a team means engaging individuals in how their efforts impact their team's success and how that success contributes to the company's success
A little tension can be good for an organization. Find out how to use it to help you make those hard choices.
The vision that leaders create is only as strong as the commitment they get from everybody else. Read a few ways to reach this
Whether your company's vision is posted on a wall or embedded in your operations comes down to a question of balance. Here's the question
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Theory & Event
Volume 6, Issue 3, 2002
Translation by Steven CorcoranThe moment is no doubt favourable for examining, being sure to guard an ethnological distance, the custom of the vote: the last sacred cow of our comfortable and agreeably nihilistic countries. With the United States showing the way, a half of the people -- the majority of the young and the popular classes -- have progressively ceased to conform to this custom. Savage disbelief in the democratic religion, with its joint cult of number and the secret conviction of souls, grows. And as we have recently witnessed in diverse instances, the vote has become more and more unstable and irrational. It calls, at last, for philosophical critique!I will focus here on the French Presidential elections of 2002, in fact, on the sequence from April 21 to May 5. Its details are quite easy to recall. After the first round, the socialist candidate, incumbent Prime Minister and poll favourite, Jospin, is eliminated. Instead, it is Le Pen, the extreme right-wing candidate, who makes it into the second round to challenge the incumbent President Chirac, who himself did not shine with all his glory, not even having gained 20% of the votes. This situation arouses considerable agitation throughout the country between the two rounds. The left-wing parties (the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the Greens (ecologists) and even the Trotskyite Revolutionary Communist League) call to vote for Chirac, their intimate enemy, so as to block Le Pen's road and "save democracy". High school children take to the streets. On May 1st a large demonstration of 500,000 people proclaims its will to say "no" to Le Pen, proposing a vote for Chirac as the sole means of doing so. On May 5th Chirac is elected with a soviet-style score, Le Pen's vote remains stagnant and the emotion dissipates into the air like mist.
MethodThe referent being such a short and singular sequence, what would a philosophical method possibly consist in? And why give to this peripeteia of the French parliamentary system the honour of a philosophic consideration?Concerning the second point, what compels me is the vigorous manifestation of a public affect, that which in the language of the 18th century was called an "emotion". Yes, Le Pen's presence at the second round of a French Presidential election provoked in quite a number of my fellow citizens an insomniac emotion: I must admit that I don't share it in the slightest. As such I was struck by the extent and unanimity with which it was felt by fellow philosophers -- philosophers who were manifestly (but they should not have been) a sort of echo chamber of all the "intellectuals" and also a non-negligible part of the educated youth. In truth, the electoral result seemed significant to me of the fact that, as I have thought and said for many years now, this country is quite politically ill. Not seeing in this result any reason worth losing one's head, I also saw that such cool headedness was held to be pathological, including by those that I love and value. The emotion being for them an antépredicative I thus said to myself that it had better be analysed, that it were a good point of entry into the sulphurous question of the vote and of "democracy". Returning to the first point, I propose the following by way of an order of reasons:
1. An examination and a nomination of the public affect in correlation with its cause;2. A critical examination of the names used to legitimate and confer upon this affect some political dignity, to give it a symbolic way out;3. An identification of the general space wherein the link established between the public emotion, its cause and its consequences played itself out. That is, the construction of a problem which is ultimately the problem of the vote;4. A proposition of this problem's general intelligibility and a radical displacement of its axiomatic position.
General overviewThe cause of the affect was that there where one expected Jospin in came Le Pen. It remains to find out exactly what this there is -- a subtle question...
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This is amazing! I really love it.
Nice. You have a really crude-realistic view of the future.
Good concept. The details that you included accent it well.
awesome design, like the text incorporation, good concept.
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You spend, what, like 2 hours on Facebook? And then you hop on a shopping site to look for the perfect shoes for your summer dress. And then you browse on that ticket website to look for Blake Shelton tour schedule 2015 . Then you return to Facebook to check for any updates, and naturally you have some, so you spend another hour going over it. All in all you spend about five hours every day on the Internet.
This is not good for your health at all. There are a lot of bad effects excessive time in front of the computer does to you, aside from exposing you to the idiocies of the mere mortals out there.
First and foremost is the harm it does to your eyes. Do you know that the stinging, burning feel your eyes get after hours on the web is called eyestrain? It's when your eyes feel so exhausted and dry and when you rub it, it slightly stings. This is because of the short distance between your eye and the computer screen. Human eyes prefer to look at things six meters away, or at least change the distance every now and then.
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Then you get back pain. It's a nagging reminder that you've sat in a certain position for too long. Hours of slouching can lead to serious back pains, so remember to change position every now and then. Sit at a 90 degree angle too so you maintain a good posture. Basically just aim for the most comfortable position for you.
And then you get carpal tunnel, which nobody really loves. If you feel numbness or pain in the index and middle fingers and weakness in the thumb, you got it. This is caused by flexing your wrists for too long. You should adjust the height of your chair so that the armrest is level with the keyboard. Take a break too, don't be such a workaholic.


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Taraji P. Henson was nominated, but "Empire" wasn't.
The nominations announced Thursday for the prime-time Emmys contained mysteries.
The most-debated is likely to be that Henson was saluted for her dynamic turn as Cookie, but her Fox series, the biggest new hit last season, was overlooked in the drama category.
The nominations also showed Emmy nominators' preference for the fare on cable and streaming services over broadcast series. HBO's "Game of Thrones" leads the field with 24 nominations. It was followed by FX's "American Horror Story: Freak Show" with 19 and HBO's "Olive Kitteridge" with 13.
Left out of the series...