by Kristen Ireland | Aug 11, 2026 | Company Culture, Hire and Keep the Right People
What Gallup’s generational engagement data reveals about the skills every leader needs Recently, in a session on engagement across the generations, I asked a room full of leaders to rank four generations from most engaged to least: baby boomers, Gen X,...
by Kristen Ireland | Aug 3, 2026 | Company Culture
Why your strategy keeps stalling — even when everyone is working hard. When I was younger, my family took a road trip through Boston and we were trying to get to Cambridge from Boston. My mom had the map. She kept...
by Kristen Ireland | Jun 22, 2026 | Company Culture, Feedback, Leadership
We’ll do a lot to avoid one honest conversation — so why is that? When people find out what I do for a living, the question comes fast. “Hey, can I ask you something? How would you handle this?” Out comes the story. An...
