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Are Your Best Practices Making Things Worse?

February 15th, 2012 by Fierce Blog in Fierce Conversations

This month Fierce, Inc. conducted a survey titled, Workplace Practices: What Role Do They Play In Your Organization? We received 800 responses from executives, employees and educators across all industries, letting us know their thoughts. Yesterday, Inc. Magazine published an article highlighting both our results and Fierce CEO, Halley Bock’s thoughts. Below is a small [...]

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Love in the Workplace: 3 Key Conversations to Have with Employees

February 13th, 2012 by Halley in Fierce Conversations

In honor of Valentine’s Day this week, we wanted to share with you Fierce CEO, Halley Bock’s most recent article, focusing on love in the workplace, published on Human Resource Management’s website. We’ve all heard it a million times: communication is the key to healthy relationships. Yet when it comes to the workplace, companies aren’t [...]

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Embrace the Power of Silence

February 10th, 2012 by Jaime in Fierce Conversations

I am an external processor. It’s not uncommon to hear me say – “I’m just thinking out loud here.” This week’s challenge, embrace the power of silence, was difficult and exciting at the same time. Often, I wish I would keep certain thoughts to myself and listen more to the differing opinions that surround me. [...]

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Be Present

February 3rd, 2012 by Chris in Fierce Conversations

Why is it so hard to be present? Just after I tweeted that I was going to really work on being present, I realized that I sent that tweet while I was simultaneously “listening to my husband” talk about weekend plans…so not a good start! This has been one of my biggest challenges for a [...]

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Millennials Strive for Work/Life Balance

February 1st, 2012 by Jaime in Fierce Conversations

One of the worst things someone could say about me is that I am lazy. As a Gen Y’er who has held a job since I was fourteen, nothing is a bigger source of pride for me than the fact that I have always worked hard. As a result, I already qualify for some social [...]

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Are Your Best Practices Making Things Worse?