Tag: Employee Engagement

Leadership essentials are sneaky. They seem basic, but they are the very things we need to revisit – like LeBron, the pianist, and the senior leader – to reach the untapped potential we have lying inside us.

It’s time to do the right thing, not to try to manufacture the right measures or put employees to the test. Doing the right thing starts with leaders asking questions and measuring their own actions.

The purpose of strategic planning is not to make plans. It is to change the way that we think and act. It requires changing behaviors.

As you prepare to activate your strategy, remember who helps bring it to life: YOUR PEOPLE. Here are eight steps to help bring your plans to reality together.

The Learning Map® experience captures the essence of the time-honored campfire and is a way to bring people together.

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 holidays are often a hectic time of year. What are you doing to keep your people engaged? Here are three tips to use now and all year long.

How prepared are your people for the changes that 2023 will bring? Take this assessment to find out.

Are you thinking about your KPIs in the wrong way? How Fantasy Football can help you reach your goals.

Successful change occurs when you empower a group of people to help lead the change; here are 3 skills everyone needs.

Eight lessons to ensure you're invigorating the power of human beings to make a difference.

Culture must be at the forefront of leaders’ minds before, during, and after an M&A. Here are key things to do, as well as to avoid, during this critical time.

Interested in improving your leadership skills? Read this excerpt of Brad Haudan's interview with Karin Blair on how to engage others in your strategy story.

Employee engagement continues to be a priority for organizations, but we have four roots of engagement that can help reverse this issue. Keep reading to learn more!

When it comes to learning & development one group isn’t getting enough attention, and these folks often have the most impact on the business: managers.

Employees are setting the standards. They are forcing the changes. Is your organization listening?

Quiet quitting has been a long-standing issue plaguing organizations worldwide for years. It's time to fix the issue. Do you have a plan?

Do you hold people accountable or do you CREATE accountability? The difference is important and could change the way your people feel about work.

As a company, you have one chance to make a good first impression on your new hires. What would they say about the impression you make?

Is your organization ready for strategy activation? Ask yourself these 8 questions and assess if you're likely to succeed...or struggle.

Are you multilingual? If you take time to learn your internal customer’s language, they'll recognize your effort and become more open to your recommendations.

Without engaged and excited employees, the best plans are rendered useless. Here are five tips to help you entice employees to help activate your strategy.

Leaders must prioritize employees while leveraging the latest automated systems, self-service, chat bots & more. Not sure if you're ready? This white paper can help.

The lessons learned through others can be extremely impactful on your journey. Here are some quotes to inspire you at work and beyond.

Dialogue brings people together and elicits curiosity. Hear what healthcare leaders had to say about data, Machine Learning, creating cultures of trust & more.

One of the most important elements of any plan is the "why." If you make your "why" a focus, your initiatives will undoubtedly be a lot more successful.

Root makes change happen. We've worked with Fortune 500 clients for 30+ years to activate and sustain strategies. Let us help you.

Good strategies require different input & strengths to be effective. Silos are debilitating to good strategies. Use these 3 tips to stop silos from blocking success.

To get your people excited about a new initiative, make sure you get the "skeptic" on your side. Here are three tips to do this with success.

To increase the odds of success, here are three mistakes to avoid when activating your next initiative.

Storytelling is a leadership blind spot that has been facing the business world for the past 20 years. It’s time to address this.

Organizational change is never simple, and an M&A is no exception. To maximize success, follow these 5 tips that focus on culture, your people & communications.

While many strategies fail, the truth is that with some thoughtful planning and time, you too can pave the way for strategy activation success.

An organization's culture is one of its main selling points. Unsure if your culture appeals to today's employee? It's time to figure it out.

People are reassessing how they spend their time. If leaders want to keep valuable employees, they need to become active players in the Great Reassessment.

Employees want to be a part of something bigger, to belong, to go on meaningful journeys & make an impact. Here's how to make this a reality within your organization.

Companies that deliver great customer experiences also deliver great employee experiences. Do you have a winning employee strategy in place?

Leading organizations that meet people where they are & can adapt to change is hard, but not impossible when leaders have the right mindset.

Assuming positive intent is the single behavior that high-performance teams choose time and again. How’s your intent meter reading?

What if people need to stop waiting to receive what they want and instead start changing their own experience, with or without permission?

It's time to help your people understand that while change is out of our control, how we respond to it is very much in our control.

To help their organizations realize success, leaders need to create high-quality experiences that unlock their peoples' discretionary efforts. Are you ready?

Employees are your most important customers. It’s time to start treating them that way. Here are three tips to help.

Today leaders must do more to create a place that reenergizes people & enables them to contribute their best. Here are two key questions to ask.

Dialogue is at the root of all effective engagement and group action. Here are six tips to help ensure that dialogue thrives at your organization.

Arming employees with the confidence, knowledge & support to deliver amazing person-to-person interactions is critical. Do you have a winning strategy?

Employees are resigning from their jobs at rates we’ve never seen before, making it clear that they’re the ones with the power. Leaders and organizations must adapt to meet the needs of today’s workers.

Smart decision-making creates countless benefits for your business. Do you have an effective process in place?

If you want your organization to succeed leaders must tell the truth about their reality, discuss the tough issues, and commit to changing negative behaviors.

Change only occurs when there is a clear picture of where things are and where we want to go. The change vision must convey how tomorrow will be different from today.

Innovation and change are paramount to any organization that wants to be a market leader. Here are 9 tips to help leaders make the difficulties of change more palatable, and better yet, lead to success!

Visualization can help take the sting out of change by adding the necessary context that is so often neglected in corporate communication.

Managers must need to know how to lead with Empathy 2.0 if you want to get the best out of your people. Are they ready?

The utility industry is complex and uncertainty is creating stress for your people. It's time to prepare for change.

Why should you be using strategic visuals in your organization? Because strategic visuals are powerful and time-tested. And they work!

As leadership teams discuss plans for hybrid work and culture, they’re relying on HR leaders to successfully develop and engage their people.

We can't return to the “old” ways of working or leading. Here are three do's and dont's for a post-Covid workplace.

Root helps clients use visual storytelling because integrating comics with research, data, and structured dialogue is an effective way to embrace change.

Neither the amount of change being faced in the workplace nor the pace of change is about to let up. Leaders need to work harder to ensure their managers are ready.

Change is rarely, if ever, easy. Here are four fundamental steps to help your people get ready to create change for your business.

Leaders must embrace and help people navigate the obstacles of the middle point of a transformation when new behaviors are being adopted.

If your organization hasn’t honed its virtual event skill set yet and still needs to figure out how to combine virtual events with in-person experiences, the time is now.

DEI training can be a spark for change, but it must be oriented within a larger story and tie to organization-wide efforts.

Yes, it is possible for your organization to rise above the current talent-shortage trend and cultivate its next generation of leaders.

Your talent shortage has more to do with you and your organization than it does with the talent you're trying to recruit or retain.

What are you doing to improve the energy and attitude among your peers and teams? If you're stumped, read on for some tips to create a positive work environment.

Jim Haudan discusses diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and mental health with six C-suite leaders.

Digital transformation isn't only about technology. This type of change requires a human-centered approach. Here are four things leaders should know.

Root makes change happen. We've worked with Fortune 500 clients for 30+ years to activate and sustain strategies. Let us help you.

How can organizations build and maintain trust with customers and communities? It's time to turn your employees into businesspeople.

We are currently all at risk of cultural tunnel vision. And so we must work harder to establish mutual empathy and stronger connections.

Creating highly connected and bonded teams is different now. Three habits leaders can adopt to create connections and help people feel valued.

Working from home can be isolating. To help with this challenge, successful leaders weigh in on how to create cohesive and engaged workplaces.

For an organization to conceptualize and roll out transformative change, it needs every single employee on board. Click for tips.

How can leaders create engagment despite the tidal wave of chaos casued by the pandemic? Celebrate your teams any chance you get.

Planning a virtual event? Check out these 10 tips to ensure that your organization's online interactions are as impactful as face-to-face ones.

Preparing for change? Here are three tips for leaders to mitigate risks and help prepare their people for the road ahead. Change isn't easy, but yes, it is achievable!

For an organization to succeed it must have a strategy for creating a winning employee experience. Feeling stuck? Read on for three tips.