Steve VerBurg

Organizations in today’s world are faced with challenges created not only from the pandemic but also from moral and ethical issues. These issues include subjects such as Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Environmental Responsibility, Accounting Practices, Data Privacy, and Nepotism. It seems the never-ending stream of violations is becoming more and more rampant. Today’s employees are looking […]

It has been said that “People hate change.” This is typically because people resist the things they don’t understand, the things they think will personally have a negative impact on them, and things they think will make their jobs more complicated. So when leaders try to communicate change, it may result in a certain amount

For decades, business people have been talking about employee engagement and the link to productivity and retention of employees. While most organizations know that engagement gives organizations a competitive edge, few have developed an employee engagement plan to take advantage of this recognized advantage. Several studies, polls, and white papers have been done each year

Many leaders are noticing the erosion of productivity and morale that has started creeping in after prolonged lockdowns, social unrest, and decentralization of their workforces. In my previous blog, “Building Enthusiasm and Engagement in Remote Teams,” I wrote about five strategies to build enthusiasm and engagement in remote teams, and in this blog, we will

Over the past couple of months, I have interviewed several executives in different industries about what has been occurring in their organizations over the past year as they adapted to working remotely or adjusted to the changes required by the “new normal”. What I found was a common theme, the slow erosion of remote employee