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Bridging the Gap to Leadership – 3 Critical Skills

Oct 22, 2024 | Business Skills, Communication skills, Emotional intelligence, Employee Culture, Employee Engagement, Foundational Skills, Leadership

3 skills to bridge the gap to leadership

Ensuring Accountability: 6 Key Steps

Aug 21, 2024 | Business Skills, Communication skills, Emotional intelligence, Employee Culture, Employee Engagement, Foundational Skills, Leadership

6 key steps to ensure accountability

Leadership Training: Is It Worth the Investment?

Jun 25, 2024 | Business Skills, Communication skills, Emotional intelligence, Employee Culture, Employee Engagement, Foundational Skills, Leadership

Why leadership training is worth the investment

Civility at Work: Strategies to Cultivate Curiosity and Flexibility

May 7, 2024 | Business Skills, Communication skills, Emotional intelligence, Employee Culture, Employee Engagement, Foundational Skills, Leadership

How to promote civility in the workplace

Managing Stress: Six Tips to Recharge Your Energy

Apr 1, 2024 | Business Skills, Communication skills, Emotional intelligence, Employee Culture, Employee Engagement, Foundational Skills, Leadership

Managing your stress – 6 tips to recharge your energy and alleviate stress

Fostering Psychological Safety: The Key to Thriving Organizations

Mar 14, 2024 | Business Skills, Communication skills, Emotional intelligence, Employee Culture, Employee Engagement, Foundational Skills, Leadership

How to cultivate psychological safety within your teams

Blue Fjord Leaders Newsletter with Shelley Row, PE, CSP

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Neurodiversity: Unlocking a Competitive Advantage in the Workplace

Have you noticed the wide range of skill sets in your staff and team? Some people easily see the big picture and fit activities into an overall strategy. Some people can look at a spreadsheet and immediately make sense of the data. Other people naturally read the room...

Workplace Trends – Will it be Remote, Hybrid or Onsite?

We may be in a post-pandemic world, but we’re still feeling the effects of workplace trends wrought by the pandemic. We learned how to work remotely, and many employees don’t want to go back. The workplace debate —remote, hybrid, or fully onsite—has intensified for...

Bridging the Gap to Leadership – 3 Critical Skills

You work in a technical field, and you know your stuff. You are respected for your knowledge in the field. And then, you are moved into a leadership position. In an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, new skills are needed. If you are like most, little has been...

Ensuring Accountability: 6 Key Steps

Accountability. It’s a hot topic of conversation and frequently a topic filled with frustration. Managers complain that staff don’t take responsibility for completing a job on time and with high quality, or that staff don’t take ownership for the work. It is easy to...

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