Andre Lavoie
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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Try This Wildly Successful Scandinavian Technique to Make Work Comfy for Employees: It's Called 'Hygge'
The Danes, after all, are the second happiest group of people on Earth. So maybe they're on to something. → Read More
There's No Easy Way to Say This, But . . . Your Employees Hate Your Team-Building Ideas
What do you do now? Here are three alternatives. → Read More
Here's What Uber's New CEO
When your company is wounded, promoting transparency and employee participation in planning its future are key moves for your next CEO. → Read More
5 Things Companies Aren't Being Honest About in the Hiring Process. Do Any Sound Familiar?
Why it's important to be up-front with job candidates about what they'll be getting into: the good, the bad and the ugly. → Read More
These 4 Types of 'Nightmare Managers' Are Scaring Employees Away
You don't have to drive to the local cinemaplex to see "It," to see monsters in action. Just check your workplace. → Read More
Employees Are Still Dissatisfied
It's going to take a lot more than nap pods and game rooms to satisfy today's employees. → Read More
4 Ways to Make an Impact That Go Beyond Cause-Related Marketing
Remember that goosebump-inspiring news story about the "human chain" that saved a Texas woman from the floodwaters? That could be your company's "chain." → Read More
Employees March to Many Different Drums. Here Are 3 Ways to Manage All of Them.
A Google investigation found that 65 percent of disengaged employees can't approach their manager with questions. Don't be that manager. → Read More
Google Employees Were Hurt by That Diversity Letter. Here's How to Protect Your Own Team.
When an unforeseeable negative event occurs, employees become distracted, losing sight of their love for the company and their own hard work. → Read More
3 Distractions in Your Workplace (and How to Overcome Them)
Are you setting goals that are simply too ambitious? Engaging in favoritism? These things can distract employees big-time. → Read More
3 Tips for Turning Your Entire Team Into Recruiters
The employees you value most are the ones who will be most willing to help you build the team. → Read More
4 Things You're Probably Overlooking in Your Talent-Sourcing Plan
Don't know what a sourcing plan is? It's a plan for finding candidates who don't just fit your organization; they "align" with it. → Read More
3 Signs That Managers, Not Employees, Are the Problem With Performance Management
When employees leave, morale drops and performance stagnates, you definitely have an "uh-oh" situation on your hands. → Read More
4 Tips to Take Struggling Employees to the Top of Their Game
When an employee is performing poorly, your first question isn't so much why the problem has occurred as what you're going to do about it. → Read More
Employees Hate Those Goals the Company Sets. Here's How to Change Their Minds.
Goals that are vague, non-collaborative and unattainable may actually deserve employees' wrath. → Read More
4 Ways to Bring out the Ninja Warriors on Your Team
You know the popular NBC reality show? Employee training is a whole lot like that. → Read More
3 Signs That Job Candidates May Eventually Abuse Your Company's Employee Benefits
Is that candidate asking a few too many questions about your work-from-home and unlimited vacation policies? → Read More
4 Things to Remember When You're Recruiting Goal-Oriented Talent
Think that work-life balance, remote work opportunities and unlimited PTO are primarily what candidates are looking for? You're wrong. → Read More
How to Breathe New Life into Your Formal Onboarding Process
A formal process shows new hires that the company is prepared and excited to help them grow. → Read More
Caution! Are You Overlooking Cultural Fit in Recent Grads?
A candidate's "experience" is often secondary to his or her understanding of your company's mission and culture. → Read More