Beer Doesn’t Cultivate Culture: These Insights Do
If you asked someone on the street, “Show me a great company culture,” many would point to companies like Google and highlight the free beer, hoodies, nap pods, and other lifestyle perks. While certainly buzzworthy, these trendy perks are no more important …
Consistent Leadership – The Foundation of a Successful Culture
[By: Kim Hoogeveen, Ph.D.] Most large organizations have some terrific leaders within their ranks of executives, some mediocre leaders working right next to them, and often an abysmal leader or two thrown into the mix. The result is that a given employee’s …
How to Build a Phenomenal Mentorship Program
Mentorship is vital for helping any talented employee grow into a true star. However, without a well structured mentorship program the odds of that mentorship being impactful for the company are low. Today Blake taps MindSet’s experience building successful mentorship programs to …
What HR Should Be
It’s good advice for parents (and supervisors as well) to never discipline in anger. I suspect it’s equally good advice for bloggers to not post in frustration. I am breaking that rule just this one time. 🙂 We have long had a …
Best Predictor of Getting a Great Supervisor
What’s the best predictor of getting a great supervisor? Unfortunately it’s not as scientific as you would hope. Watch to see Dr. Hoogeveen explain what the best predictor is, and importantly, how you can prevent this unfortunate pattern in your company. If …
The (Not So) Secret to Attracting and Engaging Millennials
[Authored by: Brett Hoogeveen, MindSet Co-Owner] Millennials (Generation Y) have been the topic of near-breathless conversation and speculation over the last decade – some of it on point, and other parts simplistic and useless. Defined slightly differently by a wide variety and …
MindSet Insight: Stupid Idea – Let’s Have Lunch
Conflict is crucial for a company to excel – but can hurt a culture. In this video we examine how to have positive conflict and provide one insight that is useful for encouraging the right kind of conflict in your culture. Related: …
Settling: the Easy Path
[Authored by: Brett Hoogeveen] When it comes to your company’s culture, you really don’t have to settle. Nope, you and your colleagues can create something extraordinary if you want to – but it will take clear vision, effort, and likely navigating through …
MindSet Insight – Don’t Just Acknowledge Mistakes – Fix Them!
All employees mess up from time to time; but when they do, great leaders don’t allow them to simply acknowledge a mistake. Instead, great leaders are wise enough to discuss with them how they’ll fix it. Related: The Fight for the Silent …
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A Rare Oppurtunity
[by: Dr. Hoogeveen] Few would dispute that time is valuable – far too valuable to squander. And most would agree that the enjoyment of time is to a considerable degree influenced (and often completely determined) by the quality of the humans with …