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In the business world developing trust and building relationships is key to creating a great workplace environment. However, most humans rely on a piece of paper for building relationships. You might be saying to yourself that a relationship isn’t built on a piece of...

What has been overlooked for many years gained importance during the current pandemic: mental health. Being stuck in homes has hampered many people’s mental and emotional wellbeing. As a society we must find a way to be more supportive to the mental health needs of...

The world we live in has innumerable species coexisting together on the same planet, that provides for all. But does today’s world really work for all? This past summer, Society 2045 had a series of interviews with change makers seeking to improve the way society...

Can you imagine a future with more collaboration and less chaos? Is it possible? This past summer, Society 2045 had a series of interviews with change makers seeking to improve the way society works. Society 2045 is a community of people from around the world seeking...

This past summer, Society 2045 had a series of interviews with change makers seeking to improve the way society works. One of our guest speakers was Kimberly Wiefling, Founding Member of Silicon Valley Alliances. Society 2045 is a community of people from around the...

The succession planning process entails finding candidates to succeed the CEO and other top executive roles. Picking successors, and managing the transfer to minimize the impact on a company. Above all, it’s about ensuring a brighter future for the company and its...

Executives are like athletes. They are under constant pressure to perform daily. Like with athletes, coaching is the most effective approach to ensure that leaders perform at their best. Workplace coaching is a rising field with a growing corpus of research to back it...

All businesses aim to create a successful product or service that will sell and meet customer expectations. This is possible when a company works diligently to validate a need in the market. However, many companies have difficulty making progress because they do not...

Employee incentives come in many forms, but they all serve the same purpose. Incentives help you to drive your staff to go above and beyond the call of duty. It is essential to understand what motivates people in today’s competitive environment. You may incentivize...

Employees are the core of organizations. They handle everyday tasks, schedule meetings, get work done, drive sales, fulfill orders, and keep the organization running.  For the most part, in traditional companies, the majority have no say on decisions made by...

Employees with unlimited paid time off (PTO) are not given a specific number of paid days off at the start of the year. Rather, they can take leaves when they need them as long as it does not disrupt the company’s operations. This gives the employee a lot of...

It’s back to school and back to the office for many people. Parents are worried about child care. Employers often compete to attract great talent with benefits, and perks. Employers should not overlook huge transformations in their employees’ lives, such as the birth...

The activity of rotating employees’ jobs in an organization is known as job rotation. These rotations are mostly lateral, which means they occur between jobs on the same level and are not considered promotions.  They are also frequently temporary, with employees...

Are you a perfectionist? Or do you strive for excellence? I’m afraid you’re mistaken if you assume these are the same thing. Although they are connected, they are the opposites of the same coin. They are so opposed to one another that the only way to accomplish...

Leading employees to achieve personal satisfaction in their careers is the key to becoming an organization where people want to stay for the long haul. “Employees expect leaders to care about their career growth, in order to stay engaged.” People usually work for...

Companies who want to make sure that their employees keep working with them long term, must take steps to create a positive and memorable work environment. What people really want, besides competitive compensation, is a sense of autonomy, and belonging. They want...

Employee attrition weakens an organization. When employees leave an organization high and dry without giving leadership the time to replace them, it hurts the morale of other employees, and the brand image with customers.  “Attrition impacts the efficiency and...

The evidence that emptying your mind is a vital part of being creative and successful is proliferating. However, many people do not take advantage of their paid vacation time, even if they have access to a week or several weeks off. Most people cancel or postpone...

Achieving work-life balance has always been an endless battle among corporate executives. On average, a full-time employee in the United States works 1,801 hours per year, or 37.5 hours per week, which is more than other OECD countries. For example, Europeans work up...

Relationships are not difficult to sustain, provided there is open and honest communication between people. When each person understands how the other thinks and feels about specific topics, the relationship becomes more open and inclusive, making it simpler to...

There are people who strive to achieve what other may consider impossible. This might be with reference to their personal lives or their professional lives. Nevertheless, they want to achieve something that they have never done before. Furthermore, they thrive at the...

A lot of people are curious about dreams and their origin. Most dreams are usually absurd, and open to various interpretation. While many scientists say that dreams occur in correspondence with the last thought that went through our minds when we fell asleep, many...

Experts have yet to discover the limits of the brain’s abilities. Some believe we may never fully grasp them all. But the data does support the existence of one of its most significant processes: brain-rewiring. It can help your brain relearn, by repairing old...

We humans are always learning. Ever since our brains develop enough, every single experience teaches us something new. Today, in this complicated world where everything is changing all the time, learning from your own life experiences might become a little redundant....

A lot of people get confused with the concepts of living your passion versus your purpose. There are those who substitute their purpose for their passion and over time, this misconception messes with their lives and their careers. We all want to live passionately and...

We read despairing worldwide headlines on an almost hourly basis. We’ve heard of livelihoods and lives being lost and being stuck at home for over a year. There is a general dread of the most horrifying virus that through mutations may never come to an end. It is...

Getting real with yourself and the kind of person you are takes a lot of courage and determination. It is not always easy to muster up the courage and the boldness to confront the reality about yourself.  “Getting real takes a lot of guts and the ability to be...

No pain no gain. We’ve all heard this saying and we’ve been sold on the idea that it is true. Is it really true that you cannot achieve success without sacrifice? This is something that most people go through in their lives without ever finding any answers on how to...

Intuition can be described as something that helps one make decisions from instinctive feelings rather than conscious reasoning. There are some people who have what is often referred to as an inner voice, that guides them about what to do and when to do it. That...

If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life. There are many who take pride in waking up at 4am to get a jump start on their workday, and working till very late at night, they get little sleep and often say “I’ll rest when I die”. Is this living a...

If you are the leader of an organization, it is mostly understood that it is your responsibility to motivate employees and other people on your team to do the best they can. Is it really your responsively to motivate people? I will argue that the priority of a leader...

Some people think of empathy in leadership as a weakness. Some believe it to be a weakness even as a virtue.  Empathy is a right-brain activity, which instigates people to think that it is a discipline associated with being touchy-feely. However, empathy is currency,...

You can’t expect everyone to be receptive to you, but one of the most important traits of a leader is to be approachable. If you want to ensure that your reputation amongst your peers and the people you lead is stellar, you have to be an approachable person; someone...

Everyone has dreams, aspirations and ambitions. Although these differ from person to person, there comes a time in every person’s life when we begin to expect for our aspirations to become reality. Sometimes our aspirations are truly ours, and other times they are...

Creativity and the innovative problem-solving abilities of employees should be fostered from the inside. While manifesting ideas require a lot of structure and a high degree of adherence to deadlines, a truly innovative organization provides its employee enough room...

Employees who are disengaged cause losses to companies in the long run. The cumulative revenue impact across companies can add up to $500 billion every single year. As a result of loss of efficiency, companies around the world are actively searching ways to create...

While several nations are celebrating their independence from foreign rule every year, the same cannot be said for the superimposition of various factors on people in workplaces. Employees also deserve freedom and independence from the command-and-control structures...

A lot has changed in the customer service space in the past 20 years. Few businesses use to pay attention to the quality of their customer service. They spent more time and resources on things that could bring them revenue. Businesses also didn’t pay much attention to...

Innovation marketing is a discipline that encompasses activities and novel processes to introduce and deliver entirely new products. This includes research into the needs of customers, concept and prototype tests with customers, and developing plans on how to market...

We often speak about innovation as it relates to design, products, services, and people strategies. Innovation in the sphere of sales and marketing is probably the greatest opportunity of our time in any industry. Salespeople are always racking their brains for newer...

Many scientists of the past were right when they predicted that we won’t be able to solve the problems of the future with the same kind of thinking of the past. With the rapid changes that society is going through every day, the methods we have been using to deal with...

Employers look for certain characteristics in potential employees. They primarily look for dependability, sincerity, teamwork, general intelligence, willingness to learn, and ability to adapt. Among many essential qualities, emotional intelligence is a must if you...

Leadership in its true essence is more about helping others than yourself. Empathy means the ability to understand the needs of those around you. Empathy is an essential quality of an effective leader. As a leader, you must be aware of what those who have chosen to...

The weight of pressure is an inborn piece of work culture. Each of us faces pressure regardless of position, profile, title, insight, or sexual orientation. Steady pressure can cause us to fail to remember that others around us may be experiencing similar...

Every company at one point in time will face difficult circumstances. It can become difficult to serve customers and stay ahead of the competition. While it may seem to be an impossible task to make it through difficult times, there is still one aspect that can drive...