by Ken Giffin | May 20, 2025 | corporate behavior, employee empowerment, leadership, operational efficiency
Does this complaint from an employee sound familiar to you? I log into email and instant messaging first thing in the morning, and I’m already behind in reading 20 new messages. After scanning the emergencies and issuing some temporary replies, I start the first of...
by Ken Giffin | Mar 18, 2025 | corporate behavior, leadership, office politics
When talking with people about conflict in the workplace, there is always a look of discomfort on their faces. I haven’t met anyone yet who is excited by the thought of an office argument or meeting disagreement. However, the reality is that conflict is everywhere...
by Ken Giffin | Aug 26, 2024 | corporate behavior, employee engagement, leadership, meeting management
According to 2023 statistics, there were over 55 million meetings each week in the United States alone, and 71% of those meetings were designated as unproductive. That unproductivity causes an estimated $37 billion in costs each year! 55 million meetings each week 71%...
by Ken Giffin | May 21, 2024 | corporate behavior, employee engagement, hybrid teams, team building
An article about the importance of networking. from 2022 has recently captured our attention. The author Lynda Gratton highlights the importance of network connections in an increasingly hybrid world of interaction. The content dives into explaining the difference...
by Ken Giffin | Mar 22, 2023 | corporate behavior, employee engagement, leadership, operational efficiency, productivity
A recent Harvard Business Review article 2023 titled “Beware a culture of busyness” captured our attention. The author provided a term social scientists call “time poverty” that refers to employees being increasingly focused on, and rewarded by, being busy. This...
by Ken Giffin | Apr 27, 2022 | corporate behavior, meeting management, operational efficiency, productivity
The word “no” has an extremely negative connotation. It is often associated with difficult colleagues – people who aren’t “team players” and participants who aren’t dedicated to the cause. But what if “no” was an empowering word and a chance to get your...
