Monthly Archives: August 2017

Dr. Dave Ulrich is considered by many to be “the father of modern human resources.” He is the Rensis Likert Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and a partner at the RBL Group, which is a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He is the recipient of many awards, including a Lifetime Achievement award from ASTD, which is now known as ATD, and has been repeatedly named to the Thinkers 50 list of thought leaders. His new book is ‘Victory Through Organization: Why the War for Talent is Failing Your Company and What You Can Do About It.’

*For those of you who participated in our Online Culture Works Happy Hour on Thursday 7/13/17, you know it didn’t work.  Happy Hour became “Why the...

I don’t know about you, but I live in my head. As a child, my family chided me for staying to myself for days...

In this episode, Kevin discusses five rules we can use to quickly build trust with guest, Robin Dreeke. He is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, a former US Marine Corps office, and a 20 year veteran of the FBI. He advanced in the Bureau to lead the Counterintelligence Division’s Behavioral Analysis Program. His new book is 'The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed.'

Pausing can be free. It doesn't need to cost money, it doesn't need to be a long amount of time.

In this episode, Kevin discusses self-reliant leadership with guest, Jan Rutherford. Jan has over 25 years of business experience and has held executive roles in business development, marketing, sales, training, product management, and as a CEO. Jan entered the U.S. Army at age 17 (weighing 114 pounds), where he spent six years in Special Forces as a medic and “A” team executive officer, and three years as a military intelligence officer. In 2011, Jan founded Self-Reliant Leadership, LLC –a leadership development firm focused on helping leaders and teams develop self-reliance to create powerful results through executive workshops, custom programs, coaching, and wilderness expeditions. As a professional speaker, Jan presents the self-reliant leadership principles contained in his book 'The Littlest Green Beret: On Self-Reliant Leadership.' Half the proceeds of Jan’s book are distributed to the Green Beret and Special Operations Warrior Foundations.

Assume positive intent with everybody around you.

In a competitive “give-me-outcomes” corporate culture, optimism and glass half-full thinking can be viewed as a Pollyanna-like distraction. After all, who has time for positive soft...

Millennial Job Hopping has become the new normal- So what can employers do to engage the 75% of the workforce that seems to be moving between opportunities? And how can millennials avoid the job hopping stigma?