by Alissa Carpenter | Leveraging Your Strengths
3 Things to Do as soon as your start your new job Take a tour. Learn the key contacts within your organization and where departments are located. There will be a time when you need to go to a meeting across your company and knowing where it is from the start is...
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, 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:...
by Alissa Carpenter | All Posts, Leveraging Your Strengths
You might have seen the #OKBoomer and #OKMillennial memes, shirts, and YouTube videos but what do they really mean and how do these hashtags impact our workforce? Both of these phrases publicly criticize someone from that generation. It could be in terms of...
by Alissa Carpenter | All Posts, Leveraging Your Strengths
The end of the year is approaching and so are annual reviews. These in-depth conversations provide millennials with the space to seek feedback and discuss their future within the organization. It is also the opportunity to reflect on the past year, share your value,...
