by Cassandra Hustedt | Oct 22, 2020 | Blogs
True leadership is rare… Great leadership is even rarer – but you know it when you see it. Some lead by the strength of the values and example – Tony Dungy comes to mind. Then there are those like Steve Jobs who are innovation leaders. Then there are...
by Cassandra Hustedt | Sep 16, 2020 | Blogs, John Qualls
Alignments are Not Just for Cars… Recently, as I do every summer, I took my restored, vintage, 1974 yellow Super Beetle for a ride. The nostalgic yellow Beetle was my very first car and all that I could afford at seventeen. I remember continually fighting the...
by Cassandra Hustedt | Aug 21, 2020 | Blogs
Employee engagement is more than employee happiness… or job satisfaction – it’s when employees have a deep emotional commitment to both the company and its goals. We’ve all the felt the impacts of a disengaged staff: Low Productivity, Terrible retention, and an...
by Cassandra Hustedt | Aug 10, 2020 | John Qualls
A main focus of Talent Optimization are team dynamics… Team dynamics are the unconscious, psychological forces that influence the direction of a team’s behavior and performance. Whether on purpose or accidental, team dynamics are created by the personalities...
by Cassandra Hustedt | Jul 28, 2020 | Blogs, Brent Shopp
It’s a familiar story. A company invests in a business assessment like Predictive Index, DISC, Enneagram. The employee sits through a day-long workshop, and then the results go into the bottom desk drawer. Not seen again until that employee is released, and in it, you...
by Cassandra Hustedt | Jul 9, 2020 | Blogs, Jacqueline Qualls
Are you Self-Aware about your coffee? Do you take it black or with cream or sugar? It probably took you a while to figure out the perfect amount of cream and sugar to use and the ideal type of roasted bean. Knowing how you take your coffee is a simple example of...
