Ah, technology, the great disruptor. From the way we shop, to the way we consume entertainment like music and movies, to the way we communicate and socialize with one another.
NCHRA

We have two bits of information in the USA Today paper Snapshots section. The information was taken from our America's Workforce report.
USA Today

More often than not Strategic Change for Leaders is analytical and intellectual, rather than behavioral. Even more noteworthy is the fact that most people in an organization knows this. As we have interviewed people at the manager and front line level about the confidence they have in executing strategy they often comment with the same exact words.
Business 2 Community

We live in a world where trust in political and corporate leadership in America is still hovering near all-time lows. Of course, much of this lack of trust is easy to explain.
Switch & Shift

Haudan is the author of The Art of Engagement: Bridging the Gap Between People and Possibilities, which received a rave review from leadership guru Marcus Buckingham (a longtime Build Network collaborator), among others.
Build Network

Employee engagement is one of those topics that seems to set people off.
Some think it’s a huge talent management issue that critical for a high performing workforce; others think that it’s complete and total BS that doesn’t measure much of anything.

New research finds that many workers seem to doubt the ability of their company's leaders to make workplaces run smoothly, drive accountability and inspire risk-taking. And, more than 40 percent believe that individual employees, not leaders, have the biggest impact on a company's culture.
Business News

In my last article, Defeating the Fear Monster! Part 1, I listed the fears that make up what Jim Haudan, CEO and Founder or Root Inc, calls the Fear Monster.
Linked 2 Leadership

This illustration from the company Root does a good job in summing up today's healthcare environment. Notice the people in the raft--those are patients struggling to hang on in the turbulent tides of healthcare.
Hospital Impact

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jim Haudan, CEO and co-founder of Root Inc. Jim is a visionary leader whose company’s visual approach to learning and development is simply superior.
Linked 2 Leadership

One of the most amazing traits of executive teams is they can all have individual IQs of 160, but when they operate as a team they seem to have a collective IQ of 22.
Business 2 Community

Leaders are adopting six trends to ensure the success of a strategy or initiative. Our year-long analysis of engagement routines focused on identifying the inhibitors and accelerators to strategy adoption and success.
Leadership Excellence

Learn how Petco leaders fought to win back market share by delivering a consistent customer experience at each of the company’s 1,100 stores.
CLO Magazine

Root takes competition very seriously, to the extent that it holds an annual "Office Olympics" where staffers get to compete against each other in a wide variety of games and races. Employees are encouraged to keep hold the date "sacred" so that they can all participate.
Fortune

Nine companies from northwest Ohio and two from southeast Michigan have been named to Inc. magazine's 2012 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the nation.
Toledo Blade

Trying to manage people who have a poor attitude can feel like a losing battle. Negativity, left unchecked, will eventually stunt team performance. Jim Haudan from Root offers a tip on how to stop negativity.
CBS Moneywatch

When a company needs to change, managers should remember that employees respond best to emotional engagement. They want to see managers empathizing with them, understanding their concerns and taking the first step to show them it’s OK to embrace change.
Baseline

One of the most important things for leaders to possess is the belief their strategy sets them up to win in the marketplace. How can leaders create active, engaged, committed followers if they, themselves, don’t believe in the strategies?
Chief Learning Officer

Petco, the specialty pet retailer, has seen its market position increasingly challenged by discount general merchandise stores, such as Wal-Mart, and large grocery chains that have expanded their product lines of pet food and other pet-related merchandise.
Loyalty 360

Behavior or culture changes are sometimes crucial to new strategy rollouts – and mean the difference between success and failure. And these are difficult to achieve because people are involved. This article by Gary Magenta was taken from HR Republic’s May edition.
HR Republic

It’s tempting to get caught up in every new practice or technology that comes along in learning. Here’s how to assess when and why they’re right for your business.
Chief Learning Officer

Jim Haudan is the co-founder and CEO of Root, an international management consulting company that is based in Sylvania, Ohio.
Scarlet & Gray