by Brandon Laws | Nov 5, 2019 | Leadership
It’s no secret that I’m a stickler when it comes to meetings. And I’m not alone. Nobody likes wasting time in ineffective meetings, and sadly, it feels like everyone’s been there. So I talked to Steven Rogelberg, author of “The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You...
by Brandon Laws | Oct 28, 2019 | Culture, Podcast
“The truth is that organizations are run by people, and people run on emotions. Our feelings supply the energy to fuel our pursuit of profit and purpose. They are formidable and universal. They can’t be ignored, yet, to our great detriment, we have long...
by Brandon Laws | Oct 25, 2019 | Transform Your Workplace
We are not built the same when it comes to receiving feedback in the workplace. What might seem as open and direct to one person can seem completely harsh and really sharp to another. Feedback can sometimes break or make someone. How you deliver it matters greatly....
by Julie Matthiessen | Oct 16, 2019 | Inside Xenium
When Shanda Nikkel showed up at Express Employment Professionals’ Wilsonville office in 1992, she was looking for temporary employment somewhere in the community. She’d been working for a pest control company, managing their schedule, but they’d gone out of business....
by Brandon Laws | Oct 3, 2019 | Development
We’ve all seen the diagram: The circle labeled, “Comfort Zone,” and the area outside of it labeled, “Where the magic happens.” It’s common wisdom that it’s important to get outside your comfort zone—but why is that? And how do you make it happen? So I connected with...
