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The first thing that comes to mind when reading the last HCS blog about responsiveness among co-workers is email. How wonderful it is, but how much of a scourge it has become. Let me explain: From my experience as a senior leader running large organizations, receiving up to 150 emails a day is normal....

Why would a commercial software company give away its training and certification exam fees for free? In the case of Salesforce and its Vetforce program, it just makes good business sense. Salesforce offers cloud-based customer relationship management and related services to over 150,000 companies around the world – many of them on the Fortune...

With the proliferation of technology and the increased frequency of employees working from home, human connection is of utmost importance. Employees need leaders that are relatable, motivating, and work to drive their engagement. Connection is not a human resources issue, rather a leadership issue. Employee engagement and meaningful relationships can heavily impact a company’s...

How many decisions have you already made today? Within a business, we make countless decisions every day, each of which plays a role in impacting personal, team, and organizational successes as well as failures. Our decisions can be influenced by a myriad of factors: bias, intuition, rationale, historical precedence, and resource pressures (e.g., time...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Women’s Health Services Office has partnered with the Air Force Women’s Initiative Team to develop the VA Women’s Health Transition Pilot Training. This program, which began implementing training sessions at Air Force bases in July 2018, intends to address the health needs of transitioning servicewomen. The leading motivation...