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Leadership in the Times of COVID-19: Part 2

The New Year is here, along with all of the hope and celebration it typically brings. This year, however, people have a lot more to say about the last 12 months than they usually do! There’s no denying it: 2020 was pretty rough on a lot of people, and we are all desperately clinging to the…

Leadership in the Times of COVID-19: Part 1

A crisis can bring out both the best and the worst in all of us, and the current COVID-19 Pandemic certainly qualifies as a crisis. Simply recognizing this fact can act as a dramatic first step towards managing this global crisis in your own personal and professional sphere. How is your organization holding up? How…

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Why Strengths Based Leadership Is Needed Now More Than Ever

Why Strengths Based Leadership Is Needed Now More Than Ever Here at Pathway Design Group, we’re big believers in what we call “Strengths Based Leadership.” A highly-simplified way to define that could be, “Investing in strengths rather than focusing on weakness in order to ensure success.”  We get it – that’s a little vague, but…

Hire to Fit – Traveling the Interview Path

Welcome back! We’re excited to continue down the behavioral interview process path with you today! If you’ve been following along, you’ll know we’ve already discussed why it’s so important to implement a thoughtful, deliberate interview process by highlighting the true cost of a bad hire. We then made sure to “check our packs,” by ensuring that…

The Cost of a Bad Hire

In the big, bustling world of business, taking the time to hone and revamp your interview process might seem like a luxury. You might ask, “Who has time to reevaluate something that’s been fine for years when we’ve got a business to run and employees to manage?”  Trust us, we understand that feeling!  What if…

Why Is Leadership So Hard?

Welcome back!  How have these first two months of the year been treating you? We ask because we know that in leadership while kicking off the year can be energizing and productive, it can also be stressful. So, we’re checking in to let you know that leadership is hard, and that it’s okay to feel…

Project Management

Good to see you back!  We’re excited to tackle an incredibly important workplace topic today: Project Management!  Many companies are presented with the sometimes-overwhelming task of working on large-scale projects internally… whether it’s a website redesign or hospital-wide marketing campaign. This inherently means that groups of employees must work together to achieve a successful result. …

Onboarding Success

Welcome back!  We’ve got a question for you:  Do you know the difference between orientation and onboarding?  If you don’t know, don’t worry! That’s what we’re going to be discussing in today’s blog post. If you do know, we hope you’ll stick around to learn a little bit more about why you need both!  …

Building Up the 9 Pillars of Employee Engagement

Welcome back!  In our last blog post, we focused on the topic of “Employee Engagement” and how it can greatly affect the productivity and profitability of an organization. It’s important to remember that employee engagement is so much more than a “good or bad” mood. It refers to the degree to which an employee’s feelings…

The Essential Energy in Employee Engagement

Hello again! It’s time for another post here on the Pathway Design Group blog! We hope the transition into this colder season has treated you gently and that you’re looking ahead to the holidays with hope and warmth.  This week, we’re focusing on the topic of employee engagement and how awareness and nurturing of this…