Ten Things We Do to Create a Sustainable Work Life Balance
Kristin Jonason and I recently had 9 hours of “windshield time” driving to/from Norway, Iowa, to meet with a new client. One of the topics we were batting around as we drove down the “Avenue of the Saints” (the route from St. Paul, Minnesota, to St. Louis, Missouri), was sustainable work-life balance. Kristin […]
Harnessing the Wisdom of Harnish
*Article also appears in The 2021 Q4 Prouty Pulse. We had the chance to spend four hours with Verne Harnish, Author of Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) and Scaling Up Compensation, while asking him 15 wide-ranging questions. Enjoy the excerpts from our very lively conversation! The most memorable quote from your mom […]
Chess Moves
Using Global Leadership Development to Facilitate More Effective Business Strategies When companies “go global,” they often make the mistake of implanting one system or policy into another culture or country. When they do, there’s a huge gap between mindsets that directly affects whether or not the global initiative will ever be successful. For example […]
3 Ways to Increase Employee Happiness and Well-being
The workforce has changed in many ways over the past year. Organizations learned how to adapt quickly to new norms and ways of working; they attempted to maintain strong personal connections as they worked virtually or in hybrid environments; they placed a higher priority on employee well-being. As a positive psychology practitioner with an interest […]
Creating a Culture of Well-Being in the Workplace
*Article also appears in The 2021 Q3 Prouty Pulse. Now more than ever, organizations are prioritizing the positive health and well-being of their employees in the workplace (like longtime Prouty client, MEI). Buzzwords like happiness, flourishing, or well-being have been around for a while, and they are even more common since the beginning of […]
Leading the Business with Insight in the Midst of a Pandemic: Third in the Three Heart Series
These have been challenging times…2020 is over and done, and yet many of us are still trying to get wind in our sails for 2021. Either way, it has been a fascinating time to be a leader. As we have continued our relationships with business leaders across all our client groups, a couple of strong […]
My Life in Full: Prouty Book Review
My Life in Full: Work, Family, & Our Future by Indra Nooyi Here are the top 15 “gold nuggets” from Indra’s book that jumped out at me: 1. Big Change “Roger Enrico (former CEO of PepsiCo) approach, and his claim to fame in PepsiCo, was that he made big changes to big […]
Secure Identity. Adaptive Expression.
*Article also appears in The 2021 Q1 Prouty Pulse. Who are you at your core? What do you value and what do you believe? What are the characteristics most present in your life and work? These are a few questions that help reveal your identity. 2020 helped us remember the importance of a […]
Leading Others with Heart and Soul in Challenging Times
I have had the honor of serving on the Board of Trustees at the Voyageur Outward Bound School, the preeminent outdoor leadership organization. The other day I watched as Jack Lee, the Executive Director, led a Zoom video meeting with the board and members of the staff. His letters each week throughout the COVID-19 crisis […]
Listen for the Story
“I need to listen with my ears!” is what a colleague exclaimed when we were discussing an upcoming, and potentially difficult conversation she was scheduled to have with a co-worker the next day. As a part of this conversation, they had to agree upon whose recommendation they would select to present to leadership… both were […]