by Alissa Carpenter | All Posts, Leveraging Your Strengths
The one thing you need to do to enhance team brainstorming Creating an environment for your team to brainstorm can be hard since we all think and innovate in different ways. Pre-brainstorm. Provide your team in advance of your meeting what you would like them to...
by Alissa Carpenter | All Posts, Humanize Your Workplace Podcast
On this week’s episode of Humanize Your Workplace, we are joined by Christie Lawler. She founded CJL CONSULTiNG in 2009 while completing her MBA as a way to stay engaged in her career while completing her studies. As Founder & Owner of CJL CONSULTiNG, Christie...
by Alissa Carpenter | All Posts, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Humanize Your Workplace Podcast
On this episode of Humanize Your Workplace we are joined by Dan Frutiger. Dan comes from the Mid-Western US while growing up in various places. Some of these places include Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico. He has been in Southern California for many years and has...
by Alissa Carpenter | All Posts, Leveraging Your Strengths
Did you know that only 17% of employees say their managers are actively involved in their career development? Or that ⅔ of managers fail to actively engage in their own career development (Manpower Group, 2015). While they’re several reasons why this is the case, some...
by Alissa Carpenter | All Posts, Leveraging Your Strengths, Managing Professional Relationships
Simple Coffee Chat Topics to Put You at Ease Coffee chats can be scary and not knowing what to talk about can be even worse. On your next coffee chat, try: Sharing a little about yourself: Do you have pets? Kids? Did you a vacation lately? Find ways to help them:...
