Healthy Conflict Leads to Highly Productive Teams
Healthy conflict, or what I refer to as creative friction, is characterized by 1) clear, candid dialogue and 2) robust, open debate. Lora...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Aug 26, 2022
- 1 min
Happy National Dog Day
Apparently, it's National Dog Day. Fortunately, we love dogs!
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Aug 11, 2022
- 2 min
Kartier's Story | From Thriving to Struggling ... to Thriving Again
On behalf of the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio, we completed a study to find out what happened to women whose job...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Apr 28, 2022
- 1 min
How to Keep Workers From Joining the Great Resignation
Applegate Talent Strategies we quoted in a recent Business First article titled, "How to Keep Workers From Joining the Great...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Apr 14, 2022
- 4 min
Ohio, Columbus labor markets remain tight as employers struggle to find workers
This article originally appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on April 7, 2022 and posted at Dispatch.com Two years after the pandemic...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Employee engagement results are out -- and it's not good
In case you missed it, the results from the latest Gallup survey on engagement is out. The bad news: employee engagement is down. And the...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
The Pay Gap for Women Starts Early
The Pay Gap for Women Starts Early ... and With a Responsibility Gap Female managers are often told they just need to demand more pay;...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
It's 2021 and women STILL must overcome this
Have you ever stopped to consider why the jobs that are typically occupied by women--jobs like taking care of children, taking care of...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
What Does It Mean For Employees' Values to Align with Their Employers?
When thinking about work, we often talk about VALUES. What are the company's VALUES? What words are painted on the walls or featured on...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
If retention is a Recruitment Strategy, what are you doing to retain your employees?
Did you see the recent "Saturday Essay" in the Wall Street Journal titled, The Real Meaning 0f Freedom at Work? Ooo, we've had some...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Are you welcoming people in or pushing them out the door?
The so-called War for Talent rages on. And the Great Resignation continues. What are employers to do? We advise our clients to build --...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Sep 20, 2021
- 4 min
Are you making bad hiring decisions?
If you hire people because you like them, you make bad hiring decisions. What if I told you the #1 mistake hiring managers make in an...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
Is It Right to Be Fired for Being Unvaccinated
It's all over the news these days. Employers, some of them anyway, are moving toward requiring their employees to get vaccinated. As the...
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Lora Fish, SHRM-SCP
- Jul 22, 2021
- 3 min
Making Workplaces that Work
Have you been on the interstate recently? I hadn’t. Traveling the Pennsylvania Turnpike to a client site in Eastern Pennsylvania last...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Teams and Trust
As Simon Sinek says, A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other. Above all else,...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Jun 22, 2021
- 4 min
Can you go too far supporting LGBTQ+?
This year, lots of companies have been debating whether to "rainbow" their logo for Pride month. It's part of their ongoing efforts...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Supporting Transgender Employees at Work
As we head into Pride Week, it's a good time to talk about tactics employers can and should take to support their transgender employees....
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
What is the scariest question you can ask?
What is the scariest question you can ask your employees? The kind of question you don't want to ask because you're afraid to know the...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Apr 7, 2021
- 2 min
The Job Pays What It Pays
I respond to the article, “Should employers ask for a previous salary,” in the March 30 edition of The Dispatch. As a consultant and...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Make yours a kinder, safer workplace
Many of our clients tell us they are frustrated and confused. They want to increase their "diversity hiring," but too few candidates of...
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Lora Fish, SHRM-SCP
- Jan 22, 2021
- 4 min
15 Minutes That Leverage Your Investment in Training
You've invested in sending your people to training. That's great! But it's not enough. Spending a few minutes with your employee after...
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Andrea J. Applegate
- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
How Many Workers Will Quit If They Can’t Work Remote?
Post-pandemic, flexibility over where they work will be a basic component when workers consider the “employment deal” Who knew working...
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