How Do You Ensure Managers Become Effective Leaders?
How do you increase your Managers’ effectiveness and performance? Learn more about the active problem solving and skills needed by leaders from Andrew Rush, Vice President.
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3 Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring for Culture Fit
What does hiring for ‘cultural fit’ mean? Get insights on how to set your new hires (and your business) up for success from Andrew Rush, VP at Carpedia.
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How to Create Alignment and Engagement — The Rule of 1
When I ask business leaders if their people know what the plan of the business is and how they contribute, most of them say “yes.” When I ask them, “can each of
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Praise in Public, Criticize in Private…Won’t Get You a High-Performing Culture
The common adage is “praise your team in public and criticize them in private.” That may avoid confrontation, but it’s not a recipe for success. Carpedia VP Andrew Rush explains why leaders have to speak up in order to preserve their company culture.
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Listening for Values – How to Make Your Core Values Stick
Is your business living up to its core values? To know for sure, you need to be listening on two levels. Carpedia VP Andrew Rush explains in this executive summary article.
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Slowing Down to Speed Up
We once worked with a company that manufactured specialty vehicles who was close to going bankrupt. When we went in to assess the situation, we discovered that more than half the vehicles
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Accountability, A Double-Edged Sword
When you align the plans of your business so that they are properly translated, you have now given your frontline leaders better tools and expectations to manage against. CEOs that I speak
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Creating Alignment: Where to Start
You can’t align your business if the people in your organization don’t know where you’re going and how to get there.
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Making your business more profitable through culture
It is now widely held that a great organizational culture is the key to making any business, sustainably profitable. The key to creating a great culture, is through alignment.
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How does this impact me?
The third piece of the organizational alignment puzzle is how the reward system supports it or not. Rewards, whether compensation or recognition, have a powerful influence on people’s behaviors and can upend
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