Steve VerBurg

Employee reintegration post-pandemic will require an upgraded skillset for organizational leadership. Specifically, managers will have to learn to show emotional support for employees struggling to cope with the “new normal” created by the uncertainty of a global pandemic. What is emotional support? Emotional support is the ability to show genuine concern and empathy for other […]

Now that California is reopening, organizations may have a hard time getting employees back to the office. Employees may still be feeling anxious about health concerns, social issues, or the polarization that has gripped this country over the past year. To overcome this, organizations will have to help reintegrate employees back into the work environment

The concept of employee engagement began in the 1990s and became more widespread in management practice in the 2000s. Research points to organizations with “high” employee engagement being able to outperform those with “low” employee engagement. This is because an “engaged employee” is more enthusiastic about their work and is more likely to give discretionary

Many organizations that survived the 2020 shutdown are now faced with a new pandemic – low employee morale. This disease kills businesses by obliterating workplace productivity and performance. This disease is contagious and can spread like a virus from employee to employee, as well as department to department, destroying a positive organizational culture. Organizations infected

Recently, I have been speaking with several organizations that are creating programs to develop their future leaders. They want to create a sort of “Leadership Academy” that will turn employees into the type of leaders that can motivate and manage effective teams. They have identified “High Potential” employees that have demonstrated the will and ability