Fri, April 26, 2024

Darin Myers

Darin Myers

4 Leadership Styles in the CSRA

Depending on who you ask, there may be as many leadership styles as there are leaders in business, government, the entertainment industry, and so on. However, certain leadership traits are encountered most frequently in the workplace, and most CEOs, owners, and business leaders fall within this grouping. The four most common styles are: Autocratic Democratic Laissez-faire Transformational Each of these styles goes by several different names, but it’s likely that you and your fellow leaders will recognize the qualities inherent in each. Let’s take a look: Autocratic (or Authoritarian) Leadership

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Darin Myers

Coach Darin: 5 tips for optimizing your search for talent

In the feverish hunt for qualified job applicants, businesses sometimes rush through the hiring process and miss out on some promising candidates. By optimizing your recruitment practices, you can significantly enhance the efforts of your team to do everything possible to attract and retain the workers you want. Why is this so important? Think of the time and resources you might save by streamlining the way people get hired within your organization. Here are suggestions on how to make time-to-hire more efficient, and lead the way to qualified job applicants:

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Coach Darin: Humanizing your online presence

It is a bit of a paradox. Businesses – that are run by humans, employee humans, and sell to humans – often struggle to present their brands in a humanized way online. Perhaps, it is these businesses’ attempts to be universally accepted. Or their misguided desire to sound like they fit properly into the box of their industry. Regardless of their intention, neutral and mechanical branding is increasingly ineffective in today’s digital world. Businesses that humanize their online presence are better able to expand brand recognition and distinction, customer loyalty,

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B2B Stories

Coach Darin: What is talent optimization?

Think how much easier hiring new employees would be if the process was an exact science. Well, in some respects, it already is. According to The Predictive Index, “Talent optimization” is “a four-part discipline that details what’s required for aligning your business strategy and your talent strategy” to attain desired business outcomes. At its core, talent optimization “is the collection, analysis, and application of people data.” Those four parts (or “aptitudes”) include: Diagnose Design Hire Inspire The objective, as Talent Management suggests, is a seamless alignment between strategy and hiring, so that “everyone

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B2B Stories

Coach Darin: How to foster a culture of continuous learning

Talent acquisition and retention can be difficult for many businesses, even in the best of times. No doubt, these post-pandemic years have exacerbated HR challenges due to all kinds of fluctuations in the labor market and business landscape. Gone are the days, at least for the foreseeable future, in which employers have the luxury of sifting through hundreds of qualified resumes to handpick their next great hire. The good news is that current employment dynamics are compelling business owners to rethink the way they approach not just their HR, but

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B2B Stories

Coach Darin: A Great Employee Experience Can Lead to Greater Retention

We all know about the importance of a positive customer experience. Lately, word is spreading about the employee experience, defined by BetterUp as “the interactions an employee has with people, systems, policies, and the physical and virtual workspace.” How employees feel about the organization they work for, as well as their view of its impact on their careers and wellness, has become increasingly critical in terms of both recruitment and retention. How would you rate the employee experience (EX) at your company? Do employees feel positive about the organization? Do

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Business Coaching

Coach Darin: Employee Experience Design: If you build it, they will come

A new employment trend has emerged over the last few years that is substantially changing the way businesses interact with and inspire their employees. In response to the pandemic-induced disengaged workforce, business owners had to rethink their approach to employee acquisition, engagement, and retention. As labor dynamics like The Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting made headlines and rattled businesses, many organizations recognized the need to do things differently to attract and retain the talent they need. The time was right to embrace Employee Experience (EX) Design. EX design is the

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Business Coaching

Coach Darin: What can predictive analytics do for your business?

Every business (yours included) generates a lot of data. Every customer interaction, sale, and follow-up report produces information of great potential use to the organization. The key is harnessing all that data and using it to your company’s advantage. This process is often referred to as predictive analysis. According to the Harvard Business Review, predictive analytics is “the use of data to predict future trends and events,” and leveraging “historical data to forecast potential scenarios that can help drive strategic decisions.” In other words, the information your company generates today (and the proper

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Business Coaching

Coach Darin: Leverage AI to grow your business

Artificial intelligence. What once felt wildly futuristic has suddenly become mainstream and is growing more ubiquitous by the minute. You are likely already interacting with AI, even if you are not completely aware of it. When your text message autocorrects itself or when you apply facial recognition to log into applications on your smartphone. When you enhance that selfie with a little photo editing before you post it to social media. When your music streaming service recommends a new song it thinks you might like. When you interact with a

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Business Coaching

Coach Darin: Leverage AI to grow your business

These days, nothing seems more topical than AI (Artificial Intelligence). With the much-ballyhooed advent of ChatGTP, business owners and CEOs are examining new ways in which AI can help increase efficiency, streamline operations, and grow their businesses. What exactly is AI? According to Wharton Online, AI “refers to the ability of machines to learn and make decisions based on data and analytics.” For many businesses, automation based on artificial intelligence is the starting point for incorporating more AI into their operations. Built-in processes that rely upon repetition and timing benefit significantly through the application

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