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    Not Every Employee is Created Equal!
    Dale Harris
    • May 30, 2016
    • 3 min

    Not Every Employee is Created Equal!

    All of these approaches are effective, but you can have the greatest impact on Employee Engagement if you customize your approach
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    LEADERSHIP LESSON: Giving Tough Feedback
    Dale Harris
    • May 23, 2016
    • 3 min

    LEADERSHIP LESSON: Giving Tough Feedback

    It’s the dreaded conversation with an employee where you have to sit them down and give them some much needed “negative” feedback.
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    How to Motivate Millennials: 5 Tips to Engage with Impact
    Dale Harris
    • May 9, 2016
    • 5 min

    How to Motivate Millennials: 5 Tips to Engage with Impact

    Two of the primary differences in Millennials’ education are: 1) They learned by working in teams, and 2) They learned with technology. 
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    Employee Engagement Assessment
    Dale Harris
    • May 4, 2016
    • 1 min

    Employee Engagement Assessment

    How well are you engaging your employees? Click here to download our assessment: Apex_Employee_Engagement_Assessment
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    Driving Productivity through Employee Engagement
    Dale Harris
    • Apr 26, 2016
    • 3 min

    Driving Productivity through Employee Engagement

    Do you get the most out of your employees that you can? How would you begin to even answer that question? 
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    Driving Productivity through Employee Engagement
    Dale Harris
    • Apr 26, 2016
    • 3 min

    Driving Productivity through Employee Engagement

    Do you get the most out of your employees that you can? How would you begin to even answer that question?
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    The Secret to Employee Engagement
    Dale Harris
    • Apr 22, 2016
    • 3 min

    The Secret to Employee Engagement

    There is no arguing that a highly engaged employee is a productive employee.
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    Leadership Lessons from Network Science: PART II
    Dale Harris
    • Mar 29, 2016
    • 3 min

    Leadership Lessons from Network Science: PART II

    Hopefully, by challenging old thinking, some new insights may emerge. Here are 4 Leadership Lessons I have learned from Network Science.
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    Apex News: Tanny Joyce is featured in 92127 Magazine
    Dale Harris
    • Mar 29, 2016
    • 1 min

    Apex News: Tanny Joyce is featured in 92127 Magazine

    Tanny Joyce Gives Back to the Community She Calls Home
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    DISC: Enhancing Communication
    Dale Harris
    • Mar 26, 2016
    • 1 min

    DISC: Enhancing Communication

    Click here to download our presentation: DISC: Enhancing Communication
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    LEADERSHIP LESSON: Giving Tough Feedback
    Dale Harris
    • Mar 23, 2016
    • 3 min

    LEADERSHIP LESSON: Giving Tough Feedback

    It’s the dreaded conversation with an employee where you have to sit them down and give them some much needed “negative” feedback.
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    Increasing Career Success Through Network Science: PART I
    Dale Harris
    • Mar 7, 2016
    • 2 min

    Increasing Career Success Through Network Science: PART I

    “It’s not what you know, it is who you know;” that is what we have all heard since we began looking for our first jobs
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    Leadership Tips for Developing and Inspiring Employees
    Dale Harris
    • Feb 19, 2016
    • 2 min

    Leadership Tips for Developing and Inspiring Employees

    As leaders, it is critically important to always be looking for these moments of opportunity to coach and inspire our employees.
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    Why is Talent Walking Out Your Door?
    Dale Harris
    • Feb 18, 2016
    • 4 min

    Why is Talent Walking Out Your Door?

    We asked 10 of our HR partners “Why does Talent leave your organization?” We specifically asked them to focus on voluntary attrition and ...
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    Tips for Mastering the Challenge of Balance
    Dale Harris
    • Feb 11, 2016
    • 4 min

    Tips for Mastering the Challenge of Balance

    After almost 20 years of consulting, and looking for ways to achieve my own definition of balance, some key take aways have emerged
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    The Myth of Work-Life Balance: The Sandwich Generation
    Dale Harris
    • Feb 4, 2016
    • 4 min

    The Myth of Work-Life Balance: The Sandwich Generation

    From my experience, the key is to make sure that neither gets too out of whack in relation to the other.
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    Strategies for Self-Improvement: Managing Your Own Skill Gaps
    Dale Harris
    • Feb 2, 2016
    • 4 min

    Strategies for Self-Improvement: Managing Your Own Skill Gaps

    As management consultants, we constantly hear employees complaining about the lack of development opportunities in their company.
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    Are You A Good Multi-Tasking Leader?
    Dale Harris
    • Jan 18, 2016
    • 3 min

    Are You A Good Multi-Tasking Leader?

    If you answered YES to that question…then you are WRONG! And if you answered emphatically YES, then you are very WRONG!
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    The Secret to Success
    Dale Harris
    • Jan 8, 2016
    • 2 min

    The Secret to Success

    What is the secret to success?  What are the things that can help you reach goals?  How can someone develop and grow successfully?
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    Don't Trust Your Gut: Hire For Success
    Dale Harris
    • Aug 28, 2015
    • 4 min

    Don't Trust Your Gut: Hire For Success

    “I have really good instincts about a person, I know when I have found my ‘guy.’” The problem is that, that is just not true.
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