Leadership
Kindness: The Natural Process and System Integrator Kindness in the workplace is nothing short of transformative. Becoming a leader in workplace kindness is revolutionary in this day and age, and ensures your organization stands out from the rest. Kindness is incredibly motivating, and cultivates loyalty amongst employees. We’ve seen it time and time again with […]
Employee Engagement: Techniques to Jump Start Your Synergy Keeping employees engaged is like keeping the wheels of a car moving forward. Without employee engagement, everything comes to a screeching halt. And while we’re on the metaphor, imagine how well your company would run if employees feel motivated, appreciated, and engaged? A speeding car headed towards […]
Elevating Your Daily Operations: Day-to-Day Issues That Are Holding Your Organization Hostage In our line of work, we see a multitude of day-to-day issues that can be attributed to missing foundational operations work. This is particularly evident when we sit down with various team members during the initial listening stages of our work. These are […]
Step Into Your Value: Our CEO’s Latest Book! Here you are, on the verge of becoming the next level of you. So keep on going then. GET UP. You’ve done harder things than today. Get up and do the thing that will make you great. This is your life. This is your day. Do the […]
The Importance of Vulnerability in Leadership “Vulnerability is not weakness. It is our greatest measure of courage.” – Brene Brown* Let’s talk about vulnerability. Vulnerability comes to mind when we’re in situations with high levels of uncertainty, staring down a risky situation without a clear outcome, or a stressful emotional situation. But what about vulnerability […]
Turn Up Your Productivity Dial Productivity in the workplace is becoming increasingly more important to discuss as the workplace becomes more and more flexible. Moreover, as we continue to lean into work-life integration in lieu of work-life balance, it’s important to work smarter – not harder. We know the basics of productivity: make and manage […]
Business Lessons From the Barbie™ Movie If you’re anything like the team at Poka-Yoke Solutions, we found ourselves at the Barbie™ movie opening weekend. (Ok, some of us indulged in the Barbenheimer back-to-back features!) As a proud certified woman-owned small business, we couldn’t wait to see what all the hype was about. And the movie […]
A Note From Our CEO: STEPPING INTO MY VISIONARY ROLE. Growing up, I always wanted to hurry up and be an adult. The way I perceived adults– strict, grumpy, down to business– was what I strived to be. I spent college buckled down, working a full time third shift job and an afternoon gig in […]
A Guide For Future Entrepreneurs From Our CEO Thinking about starting your own business, or know someone who has the entrepreneurial spirit? This post is for you! Leaving your long-term job to start on your own is a terrifying prospect for anyone. There are a multitude of unanswered questions and mounting worries running through your […]
GOALS AND ALIGNMENT: 3 BASIC STEPS OF MANAGING A TEAM (PART 3 OF 3). The last and final piece of the puzzle is ‘Goals and Alignment’. Did you ever hear that story about the group of people who bought train tickets to a mystery station, boarded the train, and let the engineer take […]
