An organization’s brand plays an essential role in attracting and maintaining clients. Similarly, culture has also become a big factor in building relationships between an organization and its employees. Building a strong corporate culture and brand is a lot like telling a story: The best ones have three common components. They Make You Feel Like the Protagonist. Think of your favorite movie; what draws you to it? Great movies make you feel as though you’re part of the story. strong organizational culture does the same thing. They Have Interesting Plots. They Get You Hooked. MORE >>

How do you know your organization has a learning culture? What do you see people doing? How are people learning? Here are 16 signs to indicate if your organization is making progress. Click here to read full version MORE >>

How easy is it for you to maintain a positive attitude in a stressful situation? Do you naturally look for ways such circumstances will benefit your learning and development ? Cultivating this positivity can help us manage the emotions that come along with change. Change is inevitable, but suffering with the change is self-induced. By cultivating a positive mindset, we can train our minds to see the change as something we can cope with, adapt to, and make the best of—even if that means simply learning from it. Prevent a Spiral. This change had a ripple effect. Gain Perspective. &rdquo MORE >>

Stats on employee engagement can be scary. But Tracy Maylett reminds leaders that engagement isn’t binary, it’s a continuum. In fact, a nalysis of more than 16 million engagement survey responses reveals that engagement can be broken into four basic categories. Click here to read full version MORE >>

There is a disconnect between what organizations expect from their leaders and what employees expect from leaders. This will require human capital professionals to establish improved leadership development models. Click here to read full version MORE >>