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Your CEO, Jim, came to you yesterday and said he noticed that cliques seem to be forming in your department. You, Jim, and your fellow department heads are really focusing this year on team cohesion and creating a workplace where each person feels valued and included. You’ve taken your team on retreats and discussed ways Read More
Check out Dr. Laura Gallaher’s interview with Allison Walsh and Dr. Angela Phillips on Dear Mind, You Matter! Laura discusses self-awareness, how to re-examine when we feel ourselves getting defensive and the “beautiful intentions” of the inner critic (and how to get her to quiet down!). Click here to listen to the episode or tune Read More
You just got the call you were dreading. Your top CRM consultant, Jay, is leaving to go to a bigger consulting firm. Jay’s skill set is in high demand and you were aware that he was constantly getting calls and offers from recruiters. You’ve been proactive in rewarding him with frequent pay increases, and you’ve Read More
Do you ever wonder what your employees really want, or what they really NEED, when it comes to feeling engaged and productive at work? As a leader of people, you care (sometimes it might feel like too much) about them, but sometimes you struggle with understanding them. And if you don’t know what’s driving them, Read More
Serial entrepreneur, Jonathan Taylor, has started seven companies, acquired 18 and sold three, for an undisclosed amount surpassing a quarter of a billion dollars. And yet he still was open to learning more effective ways to run businesses when he did the work of The Human Element. In this episode, he joins me to discuss Read More
In order to have a great organization that achieves anything of consequence, you must have great teams. As we partner with teams to help them become more effective, our focus is on three things: alignment, trust, and collaboration. Alignment ensures everyone is working together and not fighting over priorities, trust provides the social lubricant for interpersonal interactions and collaboration enables Read More
Tom Cannon is the CEO of National Carts, a company that has been around for over 30 years. He talks about the process of creating a common vision when stepping into somebody else’s company, as well as the process of realizing that nothing about the culture was aligned with that future vision. He describes his investment in changing the culture, including taking everybody through Radical Collaboration®, which focuses on building collaborative skills like self-awareness and self-accountability, and elaborates on growing his own self-awareness.
Here at Gallaher Edge, we exist to evolve humanity by applying the science of human behavior to organizations. Our work creates transformational change in organizations’ cultures through meaningful and impactful human experiences. As we help companies nationwide navigate changes and improve their organizational culture, we work deeply with the individuals within organizations to build trust, Read More
Every business leader wants to develop and nurture an effective organizational culture, but many feel stuck when their efforts don’t move the needle. Because unfortunately, with culture change, you can’t just flip a switch. You can’t just buy a bunch of beanbag chairs and bring in a suggestion box and expect to create an effective Read More
If you want to incite a complex debate, begin a conversation on organizational culture. It exists, we all know that, and we are aware that it’s crucial in shaping behavior in organizations. But for many leaders, there’s something amorphous about the concept, which can make it difficult to change or improve. It’s essential to define Read More