In recent months, company executives and HR leaders have announced plans and policies for a return to the workplace. For those organizations opting to return people to the office, either full-time or part-time, managing a large-scale transition back to the office is something most leaders have never faced. Furthermore, this is another change employees are being […]
Leadership Empathy: 3 Tips to Help You Understand Your Team
Oprah Winfrey once said, “Leadership is about empathy.” The ability to relate and connect with people, to inspire, and empower their life is a paramount leadership skill. It has become a top management priority, particularly due to blending of their personal and professional lives throughout the pandemic. At WLH, we define leadership empathy as the […]
The 4 R’s for Re-entry: Tips to Help You Lead Your Organization
Summer is here and many just want to get outside or go on vacation after the stress and disruption related to the pandemic. However, senior leaders are faced with many challenges as they Reimagine their future, Redefine their strategies, Re-engage employees, and Recalibrate their plans. Over these past few months, Dr. Wendy Heckelman and the […]
Reengaging Your People With Your Redefined Organization
“ If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb Employees often cycle through varying degrees of engagement while going through change. Here are four tips to help reengage employees to ensure higher degrees of engagement and successful change implementation: 1. Reemphasize the why behind […]
Redefining Your Future Direction
Are you looking to redefine the future direction of your organization or team? If so, here are four things to consider when you are defining the future direction. Do you have a well-defined strategy to lead you toward your intended future direction? Can your strategy be successfully implemented? Have you identified the implications and risks […]
Thinking about going somewhere new? So are your employees! Our Latest eBook Contains Tips for Retaining and Re-Recruiting Your Talent
The entire world was flipped upside down and many new, unexpected challenges emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the wide-spread disruption caused by the pandemic lingers and other unknown, perhaps unpredictable challenges have yet to surface. As more people are vaccinated and COVID restrictions are lifted, experts anticipate many employees will contemplate leaving their […]
Retaining Female Talent in The Age of COVID-19
The negative impact to women and their employment is emerging as one of the key effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Women have disproportionately lost jobs over the last year compared to men. Certain sectors where there are more women than men, like hospitality, have been hit especially hard. Many women that have been asked to […]
Reimagine The Future
Senior leaders across every industry are facing many challenges. Leaders are now being required to focus more than ever on four main questions. Where will we work? How will we work? What skills are needed in our new way of working? What culture do we want to create to support our new strategy? In this […]
Activating Empathetic Leadership For Re-Entry
Everything we know about healthcare and the way it is delivered has changed forever, forcing organizations and leaders to re-evaluate their barriers to empathetic leadership. As urgency from the pandemic shifts and businesses return to the “new normal,” the need for empathetic leadership is critical. In today’s Change and Thrive podcast my guest, Dr. Loretta […]
Are You Change Ready?
Change defined the past year of living and working through the pandemic. Our daily lives were completely disrupted and organizations had to rethink and reshape work practices across all business operations. At this point, we are all experienced with change, particularly unexpected and wide-scale change. However, this is not enough to say that we are […]