How Can We Overcome Workplace Drama in the Wake of COVID and the Great Resignation?

Drama in the workplace is not unusual, but drama incidences took on new meaning during the COVID pandemic and labor shortage....

Positive Employee Relations

Half-Year Update: The Impact of the NLRB in 2022

As the mid-term elections approach, we at IRI are pausing to examine the state of labor right now, including the idea of belonging in the workplace, internal worker unions, national organizing campaigns and worker sentiment, and what is likely to be ...

Labor Law

Effective Listening Skills For Leaders

We're not born with the natural ability to listen - it's a skill that must be learned. Learn more about how 360-degree listening can improve your leadership skills, no matter what industry you are in....

Employee Communication, Leadership Training, Positive Employee Relations

How Can I Use Blended Learning to Elevate the Leadership Learning Journey?

Blended learning is a strategy for elevating the leadership journey by delivering learning experiences at the scale and speed needed to achieve results by utilizing a variety of modalities....

Leadership Training

An Employee Engagement Strategy: All Leader Rounding

While leader rounding is common in healthcare settings, it is a strategy that any business can utilize when rethinking employee engagement and the employee voice....

Authentic Leadership, Disengaged Employees

How Transparent Communication Can Quiet Dissonance

When a large academic health system began to standardize pay practices across multiple facilities, leadership recognized that trust in change was essential—and the way to build trust was through transparent communication....

Employee Communication

Employee Voice – The Key For Better Employee Engagement

Organizations are rethinking employee engagement for very good reasons. The workforce's needs and work are changing so fast that employers spend a lot of time just trying to keep up....

Disengaged Employees, Positive Employee Relations

The Value of a Culture of Ownership: Creating Alignment Among Teams

This article explains how the concept of a culture of ownership applies to bringing divergent stakeholder groups together to increase a company or organization's value....

Authentic Leadership, Team Building

Employee Resignation: Why Are Employees Still Leaving in Record Numbers?

The "I quit" culture is one in which employees believe they don't have a voice, no matter how young or old they are, and managers don't care about their inter-generational conflicts as long as the company makes a profit. ...

Disengaged Employees, Positive Employee Relations

Employee Voice in Healthcare

There are many ways to approach developing an “employee voice communication system.” It’s not one digital communication channel or random group meetings, or a monthly newsletter. It is a system....

Employee Communication, Union Organizing

The Link Between Workplace Communication and Emotional Intelligence

So how are workplace communication and emotional intelligence connected? Can each of these skills be trained? Here, we will discuss the topics of workplace communication as well as the role of emotional intelligence in communication....

Authentic Leadership, Employee Communication

Advantages of Hiring an Organizational Development Consultant

A good organizational development consultant works with your managers to develop a strategy that reflects your unique culture and values....

Consulting