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Our New Facilitator Krista Belcher Is Noticing Great Things from I2T4TL!
Hello! I’m Krista Belcher. I’m delighted to have the chance to share a bit about myself and tell you some of the reasons I’m excited to join People Spark’s Ignite to Transform for Team Leaders (I2T4TL) as a program coach. In case you don’t already know, this...
How Leadership Development and Intentional Culture Attracts Top Talent and Boosts Retention
If you’ve read some of our earlier blogs, you know we love talking about the myriad ways that leadership development can transform a team or company. Leaders are instrumental in establishing a positive culture where employees feel motivated and empowered. Since...
Why Feedback Is the Glue that Holds Teams and Companies Together
Not long ago, after giving a presentation at the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, Erin and I were mingling with attendees (and sampling some darn good turkey). A manager at a local business approached us and started to vent. “No one cares about their work...
Change Is Hard: 4 Ways to Make Workplace Transitions Easier for Everyone
Everyone who’s navigated workplace transitions—in other words, all of us—knows it’s a whole lot easier to adjust to a new way of thinking or doing when we feel supported emotionally by company leaders. Whether the organizational change is implementing a new payroll...
Leadership Roundup: 5 Posts to Help Your Leaders Grow and Succeed
If you keep up with our monthly blogs and newsletters, you may have noticed how often we cite this finding from a Gallup report: There’s a 70% variance between a strong company culture and a lousy one. We love sharing this statistic because it highlights how important...
How a Business Owner Supported His Leaders AND Increased Employee Productivity
“We’re having a hard time recruiting employees into our roles, and having a tough time retaining them. My managers are burnt out and feel like they are in between a rock and a hard place. If they try to hold people accountable, employees will leave….yet if they don’t...
Reflections from Shanicka
“Nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people. Not just strategies.” -Lawrence Bossidy Greetings! I am Shanicka Burdine, one of the PeopleSpark summer 2021 HR Consultant Interns. During my time here I have...
People Spark Consulting is a Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN based consulting company that specializes in transforming business cultures through human resources and people strategies.