Carol Ring

Insights, Perspectives, and Thought Leadership

Carol Ring

Insights, Perspectives, and Thought Leadership

Read to Lead: What Successful Business Leaders are Reading Today

Many successful business leaders are known to be voracious readers. According to Mike Myatt, a leadership advisor to Fortune 500 CEO’s, “CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month.” Whew, that’s a lot of reading!  I’m curious if this isn’t actually a chicken and the egg scenario. Which…

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secret workplace culture

How to Find the Secret Foundation to a Successful Workplace Culture

The strategic planning process used to be a linear exercise. We started with the vision and then worked our way down through the what, where, when and how to develop the strategy. Then we might consider the people element of our strategy, which would bring in culture. The visuals always had culture as the foundation….

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Workplace Cultural Assessment Results

Why Culture Assessments are Failing our Leaders

“What’s your biggest problem in business these days?” I’ve been asking leaders this question at every opportunity. My research shows the responses come down to three areas: changing demographic expectations, disruption, and managing profitable growth. And the follow up questions almost all lead back to culture. More and more leaders are jumping on the culture…

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Top Workplace Culture Award Ceremony

Want a Winning Organizational Culture? Tips From Canada’s Top Employers

Canadian economists got it all wrong when it came to the job numbers in April 2019. The median economist forecast was for 12,500 new jobs. Instead, the market place rocked it generating 106,500 positions! That’s the good news. The bad news, the national unemployment rate is now 5.7 percent and we haven’t seen it this…

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Furnish Your Culture With Great Workplaces

How Your Building Should be Building Your Workplace Culture

When we talk about culture we often refer to how work gets done. Today, I’d like to explore where that work gets done. Does your office building provide amazing support or is it just a contained place to congregate? Whenever I think about culture and the physical work space, I recall the time I attended…

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International Women's Day

Do Women Make Better Leaders?

Another March 8th has rolled around, and once again we’re celebrating International Women’s Day. It’s a time to celebrate women’s achievements and reflect on how we can contribute to a more gender-balanced world. Research over the past few years has shown that organizations with a significant number of women in leadership positions are outperforming those…

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Workplace Wellbeing and Business Performance Concept

Do your employees love your workplace?

As the winter calendar flips to February, love is in the air. From valentine balloons, aisles of red cards and those extra special chocolate boxes, we are reminded about a very basic human need – the need to belong. Belonging doesn’t have to be madly in love, it also shows up as friendship, trust, acceptance,…

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Is Your Workplace Culture Cooling Off or Heating Up?

Winter is in full swing and the temperatures are downright frigid! We’ve got below average wind chills, record snowfalls, freezing rain, and black ice. While all of this cold is going on around us, what’s the temperature like in your workplace? Are your employees fired up and bouncing into work with enthusiastic anticipation of the…

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Measure Corporate Culture Trends 2019

5 Culture Trends to Know About for 2019

In today’s disruptive business world, it’s an ongoing necessity for leaders to ensure they stay current and relevant. This includes staying on top of changes in customer attitudes, employee engagement and technology. With that in mind, I’ve compiled 5 key trends to know about for 2019 when it comes to organizational culture. As you read…

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Happy Successful People at Company Office

3 Fun Company Culture Ideas for World Values Day

Have you embarked on a journey to shift your culture only to find that it’s run out of steam? October 18, 2018 is World Values Day–an opportunity to reflect on our personal values! A time to take note about how well our current situation is aligned with the things that are most important to us!! However,…

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