Workation: Destination New Orleans
Prologue: Destiny and Melody are TalentQuest employees who have become close friends. In addition to working on the same team,…
Self-awareness is the Stress Super Power
Personality is a complex topic - impacted by many factors. Increasing your self-awareness can help you adjust your response to stressful situations. And by gaining insight into your team’s unique traits, you can become a more empathetic leader.
Designing a human-centric approach to performance management
Software development has evolved to be agile, where people are the center, and solutions are constantly evaluated based on feedback and a constantly evolving cultural landscape. Why should our performance management processes be any different?
Beating the Great Resignation with Meaningful 1:1 Meetings
Never underestimate the positive effect of 1:1 meetings. Regular 1:1’s between managers and employees provide an opportunity for open, meaningful dialogue. In addition to bolstering engagement, they can also provide an early warning that an employee may be on their way out.
Ego, Failure, and the Human Experience
Failure is proof that you’re trying and reaching for something greater than yourself. Stop making success the objective and realize that the value we generate in our lives and careers has less to do with achieving wild success and more to do with the knowledge and experience we gain over time.
Questions to ask during a Stay Interview
There’s gotta be a better way to understand why your employees have chosen to leave the organization than through the Exit Interview process. There is, and it’s called a Stay Interview.
Talent Stacking: The TalentQuest Story
Some of the most successful Talent Stacks come from mixing traditional learning with personality traits and lived experience. Read how Dr. Frank Merritt’s unique talent combination led to the birth of TalentQuest.
The Upside of Pandemic Parenting
Every day new parents are returning to work from leave. If you’ve been there before, I’m sure you can vividly…
Inclusion: We’re all in it together
In my last three blog posts, we looked at Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion holistically and then took a deep dive into Diversity and Equity. In…
Work to Make Every Day a Great Day
A report by business psychologists and the Bank Workers Charity (BWC) in the United Kingdom studied 1500 adults to understand…
