
Posts By Bridget Stallkamp

Cracking the Code: Improve Performance Through Pattern Recognition
For so many organizations, performance improvement has become something of a stalemate. We wag our finger at underperformers and then point at the high performers, saying, “Why can’t you be more like them?” We showcase our highest achievers at annual conferences or in company-wide webinars and ask them to tell us what makes them so great. After all, since their work is so exceptional, they must have some tricks of the trade to share, right?
Three Ways to Embrace the “Goo” Phase of Change
Leaders must embrace and help people navigate the obstacles of the middle point of a transformation when new behaviors are being adopted.
Forget That Engagement Survey This Year. It Has No Place.
Engagement surveys have a place and time.This is not it. But it's still critical to know what people are thinking,to guide organizational shifts.
Everything I Need to Know About Your Culture is in Your Parking Lot
Here are three reasons executive parking spots are a clear indication that there are major barriers to change in an organization.
How to Measure the Success of Your Research Project
The success of your research isn't dependent on how surprising the results are. Sometimes it's the little things that go a long way.
How to Understand What’s Really Happening in Your Company – The Power of Observation
To understand what’s really happening with your employees, you must rely on the power of observation.
How do you Unlock Employee Potential?
To unlock employee potential you need to give them the key, or multiple keys. Study what is already working and share it with the rest of your employees.
Effective Communications at Work
Simple, real-world examples illustrate how successful communications can help improve your performance management capabilities – read & learn!
Successfully Communicate (and Improve your Performance Management Know-How) by Doing These Two Things
Listening to and learning from your employees uncovers opportunities for your business and helps your leaders improve their performance management abilities
Four Steps to Holding the Ultimate Meeting
Welcome to 2015! If you’re like most of us, you’ve probably set a resolution or two in honor of the new year. After all, it’s a time-honored tradition.More deeply rooted thinking

The Role of Risk Alignment in Great Team Decision-Making
More is lost by indecision than by making the wrong decision. Yes, the wrong decision is better than indecision.

Cracking the Code: Improve Performance Through Pattern Recognition
For so many organizations, performance improvement has become something of a stalemate. We wag our finger at underperformers and then point at the high performers, saying, “Why can’t you be more like them?” We showcase our highest achievers at annual conferences or in company-wide webinars and ask them to tell us what makes them so great. After all, since their work is so exceptional, they must have some tricks of the trade to share, right?

The Strategy Activation Leader
The world’s best strategy activation leader intuitively lives by these beliefs and knows they’re no longer measured by their individual brilliance but by their ability to serve others by shifting mindsets and building capabilities across the enterprise.