LeaderTips
Setting Goals for 2026
The last two years have been full of ambiguity, and you may feel apprehensive about what’s in store for 2026. Will we continue to see constant change? Will we be able to return to the office? Will we settle into new patterns? The ongoing uncertainty might make it more challenging to prepare for the new year, but you can use the Leading from the Helm methodology to take command with purpose.
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 2024 we decided to hit the pause button to see if there was a better way to offer a more...
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...
How Sicora Consulting Pivoted in 2020
How Sicora Consulting Pivoted in 2020 The last year has required patience, agility, and resiliency in levels many of us haven’t encountered before. Our lives and businesses were turned upside-down, and the world was plagued with unknowns. But if there was one positive...
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...
Pushing Back on the Gallup Q12 Statement “I have a best friend at work.”
The Gallup Q12 has been the industry standard for measuring employee satisfaction and engagement for over 30 years. While it is a good starting point for measuring employee engagement, it should not be considered the end all be all. One particular statement has...
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.