Though the unemployment rate is holding near a five year low of 6.7%, Reuters reported job growth averaged about 195,000 per month in February and March (NBC). This is great news for organizations in need of more human capital and for job seekers. Or it’s bad news if companies aren’t strategic in their hiring procedures. Read More

Recognizing Leadership Style: Research has shown that certain leadership qualities correspond to certain leadership styles. In order to explore her leadership style, Andria Herr answered some questions for Center for Work Life. Expressive, decisive, direct and forceful were terms with which she seemed to most identify when asked about varying leadership situations. These are strengths Read More

Management Monday: Building Employee Engagement by Showing Appreciation At first, building and engaging a team sounds ideal and simple. Winning sports teams like the Connecticut Huskies and America’s favorite superheroes, The Avengers, make it look so easy. The thought process typically starts with needing specific skills to help achieve goals. Unfortunately, the art of constructing Read More

How is the concept of employee engagement best illustrated? Perhaps J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, set in fictional Middle Earth, can help. Similar to a company forming a team to meet a need, characters in the Fellowship of the Ring form a group with the goal of destroying an evil ring, which will Read More

Recognizing Leadership Style: Welcome to the Emerging Leaders Blog series. Center for Work Life put on thinking caps to determine a method for reaching out and assisting leaders in the local Orlando community. The Emerging Leaders blog series based on the SPM (Spony Profiling Model) is the result. Not only has this series assisted notable Read More

Management Monday: Managing Personal Identity and Career Identity How different is the overworked executive from the “real-life” Barbie doll? Human Barbie, Valeria Lukyanova is a model who has shown the world it is possible to look like a Barbie. However, it has taken a liquid diet and surgery to get there. It seems possible she’s Read More

Call it committed, call it loyal or call it reliable; these terms all hint at an employee’s level of dedication to their employer. Commonly, Human Resources professionals refer to this as employee engagement. Emotional intelligence and employee engagement walk hand-in-hand to help sustain many of the world’s most successful companies. Case in point, in her Read More

Recognizing Leadership Style: Center for Work Life was honored to ask Sandi Vidal, the Executive Director of Christian HELP and the Central Florida Employment Council, some questions about her leadership qualities. She answered an array of questions in different categories, but diplomatic, decisive and a neutralizer (peace keeper) were terms with which she seemed to Read More

Management Monday: Men and Women’s Work Life Balance Management Struggles…   Men and women face overwhelming cultural shifts in work expectations and home life responsibilities. Both genders desire to have successful career and family lives, but how do those two goals mesh with each other? Trends suggest they are still a long way from finding Read More

Recognizing Leadership Style: Center for Work Life was honored to ask Cori Powers, Marketing Director at The Health Law Firm, some questions about her leadership qualities. She answered an array of questions in different categories, but agreement, enthusiasm, loyal, practical and ethical were terms with which she seemed to most identify. These are strengths of Read More