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Identifying purpose and building trust in times of adversity
Purpose is the most critical factor of employee engagement. When properly cultivated, it aligns your team members’ individual pursuits and passions with those of the organization to drive increased retention, customer satisfaction, and profitability. And while the...

8 Factors of Engagement: Your guide to an employee-led culture
Building a culture rich in employee engagement can be a significant difference-maker for your organization – but doing so is almost always easier said than done. On average, only 24% of employees are actively engaged, leaving the rest feeling entirely disengaged or...

The Need for Agility in Engagement
How Agility and Engagement work Together Sicora Consulting has worked with hundreds of organizations and teams on various employee engagement models for decades. In the fall of 2016 we decided to hit the pause button to see if there was a better way to offer a more...

Language of Love – In the Workplace
Is there a Place for Love in the Workplace? Love can be a tricky term to associate with the workplace, but it does not mean that it does not belong. In a recent conversation with Sicora Consulting Crew member, Adam Baker, he recalled the most interesting class that he...

Belonging – What does it mean to truly belong?
The Importance of Belonging We have heard the word, Belonging, used several times in relation to employee engagement. Pat Wadors, Senior VP of Global Talent for LinkedIn, believes that Belonging is one of the three key factors that drives employee engagement; it is...

Making the Helm Personal
Explore your Personal Helm For the past ten years, organizations and teams have used Leading from the Helm (LFTH) as a way to maximize human potential and drive organizational performance (if you are familiar with Traction, it takes your Traction investment and...

Discover the Leader Within
What is Discover The Leader Within? And Why is it Valuable to you? Over the past few years, we've led several Discover the Leader Within (DTLW) sessions, both in the Twin Cities and in beautiful (and hot) Charleston, SC. Using Leading from the Helm (LFTH) as its...

Creating a Culture of Accountability
Organizationally, it is important to have a clear mission, vision, and strategic objectives that can be clearly cascaded down throughout the organization. Then, build a system of accountability that starts at the top with leaders holding themselves accountable to the goals and initiatives that have been put into place.

The Engagement Sweet Spot – Passion
Creating and Maintaining Engagement Often, I get asked how you can keep the finger on the pulse of engagement in real time, and how you can get to the core of engagement for people - especially millennials. This question is always very exciting, because I love...

Creating Balance
Finding your Balance We appreciate how much the term “balance” has been used in conversations, writings, and presentations. We looked up the definitions to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of the word; and the application it has relative to leadership and...