September 24th, 2012 
Mary Hladio A common mis-perception is cultural change has to start at the top of an organization. However studies have shown that culture change begin with the sub-culture of a
Direct the direction of change
work-group or team where a leader who is one or two levels down from senior management decides …
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21 Comments » July 30th, 2012 Mary Hladio 
Affordable Training is an option
Small businesses often overlook the value in providing a formal training program. Jeffrey Hull, director of learning services at consulting firm Employers Group, says a formal training program “gives individuals the opportunity to solve some business issues and find new ways of generating revenue.”
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, FUEL, Knowledge Worker, Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: business, Business Owner, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Financial, FUEL, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Management consulting, Organizational culture, Organizational Effectiveness, President, Productivity, Small business, Training 34 Comments » January 23rd, 2012 Mary Hladio 
Time For Change
A paper published in the Journal of Management identifies major shortcomings in extant research on emotions during organizational change, specifically the orthogonal and static definition of emotions, the neglecting of change as a process, and the focus on single organizational change.
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: Company Culture, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Satisfaction, Engagement, FUEL, Leadership, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Talent Development 118 Comments » January 9th, 2012 Mary Hladio 
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The degrees of separation between any one of Facebook’s 800 million users is close to 4, on average—much less than the “six degrees of separation” notion people throw around.
Within the same country, the degrees of separation between any two users declines to nearly 3.
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, FUEL, Globalization, Innovation Tags: business, Company Culture, EmberCarriers, FUEL, Global, Innovation, Organizational culture, Productivity, Vision 12 Comments » December 12th, 2011 Mary Hladio 
Invest in your workforce
Small businesses tend to regard training as an optional expenditure. The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) has found that companies with fewer than 500 employees typically allocate fewer training hours per employee compared with larger companies but also end up spending more per employee.…
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Goal Setting, Knowledge Worker, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: business, Company Culture, Education and Training, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, Employment, FUEL, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Talent Development, Training 12 Comments » December 5th, 2011 Mary Hladio 
It's okay to show your emotions
The concepts of emotional intelligence (EI), self-worth, authenticity and employee meditation used to tap employees’ emotional happiness are being picked up by mainstream corporations.
Brochner Hotels, one of Copenhagen’ s oldest and most successful boutique hotel chains, is one business discovering the benefits of …
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