by admin | Aug 13, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Management Tips
By John Duisberg, originally published on Cooleaf Most company leaders want to have a vibrant company culture and high level of employee engagement. However, leaders may lack the knowledge of practical steps to achieve these goals. Here are a few steps with specific...
by admin | Aug 6, 2015 | Baby Boomer, Diversity in Workforce, Freelance Workforce, Future of Work, Generational Differences at Work, Leadership Development, Management Tips, Women in Workforce
There are big changes coming to the American workforce. While many organizations are watching the economy, there’s another change — almost a revolution — quietly taking place right under our noses. That change is the massive shift in workplace demographics, with four...
by admin | Jul 30, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work, Leadership Development, Women in Workforce
My 10-year-old daughter and I are tired of boy heroes in young adult fiction. Sure, we love Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. Yet, we need more role models for our future female leaders. My daughter inhales books. I’m not exaggerating. She will easily read 200...
by admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work, Leadership Development
What will make a future leader successful? I explored this in my piece, *Portrait of a Future Leader, published as part of Upwork’s Work: Reimagined series on Medium. Really getting down to the nitty-gritty of how major workforce trends will affect leaders was...
by admin | Jul 2, 2015 | Future of Work, Leadership Development
The future of work will look very different than its stale, pale and male past. In fact, the very fabric of the United States Workforce is already changing profoundly. To paint a picture of the changes taking place, *Upwork sponsored a series of stories dedicated to...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Management Tips
I was completely startstruck. I couldn’t believe I was given the opportunity to interview him and I truly didn’t know what to ask. We’d never met, but I’ve used his profound TED talk many times when teaching and coaching. I’m talking about Itay Talgam, conductor,...
