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To Be an Effective Modern Leader, Cultivate These Five Traits
To Be an Effective Modern Leader, Cultivate These Five Traits
Make no mistake about it—remote work and decentralized teams are here to stay. If you’re a leader at work,...
The Secret to Developing Your Staff and Improving Performance
The Secret to Developing Your Staff and Improving Performance
While domestic companies spend a staggering $100 billion per year on corporate training, only one in four busi...
Understand Employees and Move Critical Initiatives Forward With This One Tool
Understand Employees and Move Critical Initiatives Forward With This One Tool
No matter how intuitive and in touch you are as a leader, there will inevitably be times employee insights are...
An Employee Every Boss Needs Right Now: The Intrapreneur
An Employee Every Boss Needs Right Now: The Intrapreneur
During trying times, intrapreneurs are your allies—nay, the aces up your sleeve—for devising creative solu...
8 Insightful Steps to Improve Employee Experience
8 Insightful Steps to Improve Employee Experience
What does it mean to be people-centered and how can this approach enhance the employee experience? A simple vi...
Rethinking the Future of Working, Together
Rethinking the Future of Working, Together
Congratulations! You’ve made it through the first few months of quarantine. Now, as things start to open up ...
How to Plan a Thriving Future Workplace
How to Plan a Thriving Future Workplace
As we look to reopen workplaces in the coming weeks and months, many organizations will see today’s virtual ...
8 Tips for Leading Into the Unknown (When You’re Not in Charge)
8 Tips for Leading Into the Unknown (When You’re Not in Charge)
Feeling called (or getting a call) to be a leader at work but not sure you’re qualified? Don’t be afraid t...
Responding Effectively to Rapid and Unexpected Change
Responding Effectively to Rapid and Unexpected Change
With the advent of COVID-19, we’re all in the midst of sudden change right now, responding as quickly as we ...
How Experts Tap Into the Power of Visual Thinking
How Experts Tap Into the Power of Visual Thinking
Address complex organizational challenges and explore exciting new ways to create and communicate with the wor...
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Discover How to Change Your Company Culture
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Discover How to Change Your Company Culture
Four tools to help you implement lasting change in your company culture without fearing revolt and chaos....
Why Digital Transformation Isn’t About Digital
Why Digital Transformation Isn’t About Digital
Why do digital transformation efforts remain incredibly difficult to do successfully? Most don’t focus enoug...
Organizational Adulting: You Are What and How You Communicate
Organizational Adulting: You Are What and How You Communicate
Radical shifts are happening in the way we communicate at work. What and how we communicate can mean the diffe...
Make Culture and Employee Engagement Your Strategic Advantage
Make Culture and Employee Engagement Your Strategic Advantage
Today’s C-Suite must put company culture and employee experience at the top of their dashboard in order to r...
Published on Forbes: Leadership Communication During Times Of Change: 10 Ways To Move Forward Together
Published on Forbes: Leadership Communication During Times Of Change: 10 Ways To Move Forward Together
If you’re a leader guiding your organization in a new direction, here are ten best practices to keep in mind...
Organizational Adulting: Overcoming Apathy and Disengagement in the Workplace
Organizational Adulting: Overcoming Apathy and Disengagement in the Workplace
Disengaged employees are not doomed to soul-destroying days in the office. When we build meaning into our work...
Organizational Adulting: Divisive Workplace Behaviors and How to Overcome Them
Organizational Adulting: Divisive Workplace Behaviors and How to Overcome Them
70% of XPLANE community survey respondents felt divisive workplace behaviors were their biggest organizational...
Organizational Adulting: Your Barriers + Our Insights = A Live Conversation
Organizational Adulting: Your Barriers + Our Insights = A Live Conversation
Non-adult behaviors are significant barriers to organizational change. It’s is time to have real conversatio...
Introduction to Organizational Adulting: Insights That Lead to Better Ways of Working
Introduction to Organizational Adulting: Insights That Lead to Better Ways of Working
With over 25+ years of culture mapping experience, XPLANE has uncovered many work behaviors and interactions t...
XPLANE Honored as Best For Workers 2018
XPLANE Honored as Best For Workers 2018
XPLANE Honored as Best For Workers, Creating Most Positive Impact for Employees
Evaluated by Comprehensive B I...
Design Thinking for Transformational Change
Design Thinking for Transformational Change
An interview with XPLANE client partner and Portland State University thought leader Sukhwant Jhaj about using...
Confusion is Expensive: Find Clarity and Drive Success with Visual Thinking
Confusion is Expensive: Find Clarity and Drive Success with Visual Thinking
Organizational confusion happens when you lose track of what, why, & how you work together. Visual Thinking he...
Tackling Company Culture Through Business Change on the Worklife Podcast
Tackling Company Culture Through Business Change on the Worklife Podcast
When it comes to communicating change in an organization, many leaders say their biggest challenge is company ...
Millennial Management is a Two-Way Street
Millennial Management is a Two-Way Street
Are you ready to move beyond generational biases in the workplace? We partnered with AmCham NL to visualize a ...