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Melissa Hughes
- Jun 1
- 4 min
What Employees Want: Why they stay and why they quit
One of the toughest organizational challenges right now is finding and keeping talent. The research is clear: employees care about culture.
Melissa Hughes
- Apr 1
- 5 min
The Price of Success
Employees don't love their jobs because they are making millions for shareholders. That rarely inspires the individual to work harder.
Melissa Hughes
- Oct 22, 2023
- 4 min
Do the Hardest Workers Kill Company Culture?
Engaged employees increase revenue and create a profitable company. But the hardest workers may actually be killing organizational culture.
Melissa Hughes
- Jun 21, 2023
- 3 min
Intellectual Humility: Are You Open to Being Wrong?
How receptive are you to understand why someone disagrees with you rather than persuade that person to see it your way?
Melissa Hughes
- Jun 6, 2023
- 4 min
Inside the Brains of Engaged Employees
Having a job you hate is worse than being unemployed — and if you're not thriving at work, you're probably not thriving at life.
Melissa Hughes
- Mar 1, 2023
- 2 min
The Best Way to Demotivate Employees
Every organization seems to be searching for the secret sauce to employee engagement and healthy company culture. It's easier than you think
Melissa Hughes
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
5 Power Phrases that Transform Company Culture
Emotionally intelligent leaders who inspire an engaged workforce know that the language they use sets the tone for the culture.
Melissa Hughes
- Mar 25, 2022
- 4 min
Diverse Teams are Smarter Teams
Building collective brainpower isn’t as simple as bringing the smartest people together. The best teams embrace diversity of thought.
Melissa Hughes
- Mar 11, 2022
- 5 min
Bad Bosses Kill More than Culture
More than half of American employees have left their jobs because of poor leadership. Sadly, there is no shortage of bad bosses.
Melissa Hughes
- Jan 7, 2022
- 5 min
The Science of Conversation: 3 Ways to Boost your CQ
Constructive criticism can prevent us from making mistakes in the present. But without positive feedback longterm improvement isn't likely.
Melissa Hughes
- May 7, 2018
- 3 min
5 Ways to Beat Bias in the Workplace
Recent research now identifies how these biases impact team dynamics and group decision-making and can even sabotage team success.