Leadership in Challenging Times – 3 Key Actions, 5 Great Workshops

By Kendra Fuller, SPHR, SHRM-SCP | Leadership, Communication, Training | No Comments

There’s no playbook for this one. Leading through a pandemic can feel chaotic and disjointed. Leaders face new challenges such as engaging a wholly remote workforce, navigating a myriad of complex…

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5 Tips for Difficult Conversations

By Kendra Fuller, SPHR, SHRM-SCP | Leadership, Communication, Management, Conflict | No Comments

Oh no! It’s time for a difficult conversation with one of your team members. That sounds just about as fun as cleaning that funky drip tray under the refrigerator. You dread doing it; you’re not sure…

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Workplace Communication – What’s Your Style?

By Kendra Fuller, SPHR, SHRM-SCP | Leadership, Communication, Training, Development | No Comments

I once spent an entire week believing that my manager was irritated with me because of something she said. She wasn’t. If I’d understood more about her communication style, I would have had a much…

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The Basics of Creating Effective Teams

By Swift HR Solutions Team | Leadership, Teamwork, Management | No Comments

We've all worked on or led teams in the past with varying outcomes. Maybe the results were positive, where everyone aligned around a goal and respected each other's decisions. More commonly, teams…

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An Approach to Efficient Time Management for Organizational Excellence

By Swift HR Solutions Team | Leadership, Company Culture, Meetings, Time Management | No Comments

Most leaders recognize the need for efficient time management and seek out advice on how to solve their daily workplace woes. What they find, however, is often just a list of quick-fix ideas designed…

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Creating a Shared Team Purpose

By Swift HR Solutions Team | Leadership | No Comments

"When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible." - Howard Schultz Everyone looks up to strong teams with shared purposes, but…

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How Virtual Team Leaders Build an Excellent Culture

By Karina Miller | Leadership, Company Culture | No Comments

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus is forcing employers to consider work-from-home strategies. Now is a good time to revisit some of the ways virtual teams keep everyone connected and engaged. …

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The Essentials of Building Accountability Into your Team

By Swift HR Solutions Team | Leadership, Accountability | 1 Comments

Accountability typically gets a bad reputation in corporate settings. Too often accountability is a polite word that management leans on after negative results are reported and blame is assigned. …

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Conducting Effective Meetings (It’s Not Impossible)

By Swift HR Solutions Team | Leadership, Planning, Meetings | No Comments

Every business professional has had the experience of sitting through a terrible meeting. Meetings called without notice, meetings that never end, meetings that have no agenda, meetings that go off…

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Are you Ready for an HR Leader?

By Kendra Fuller, SPHR, SHRM-SCP | Leadership, Director of HR | No Comments

Search “HR to Staff ratio” and you’ll find all kinds of formulas and assertions about when you need to staff a human resources function. Do you do this for finance, business development, product…

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