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Leadership isn’t just for the C-suite. Strong leaders at every level help shape workplace culture, boost team performance, and drive long-term success. But leadership isn’t an innate trait; it’s a skill set that needs to be nurtured, coached, and rewarded.

If you're looking to grow leaders from within your organization, there are smart, practical ways to build a leadership development program that actually sticks. Here’s how to do it in a way that inspires participation, strengthens your talent pipeline, and shows your rising stars they’re valued.

Employee motivation doesn’t get enough attention. The very essence of success, especially in an organization with large ambitions, is motivation. What strategy do you have in place to keep employees motivated? Without it, employees are likely to lose interest, slow down productivity, and end up with less overall output. Organizational leaders can create recognition programs and use our gift card ideas for employees as we discuss 5 ways to keep employees motivated. 

Employee performance is often viewed as separate from organization business goals. This is a siloed way to view performance. Instead of viewing them separately, treat employee performance as a leading indicator of your organization’s performance against its business goals. If your people are excelling, so will your business. Here are five ways you can measure employee performance, and motivate and retain your top talent.

Effective communication in the workplace remains one of the most important drivers of employee engagement, team performance, and organizational resilience. Axios HQ reports that the cost of ineffective communication in the workplace amounts to anywhere between $10,000 and $55,000 per employee per year. 

A successful organization should be fostering a healthy work-life balance for its employees in order to maintain any kind of consistent growth. Employees who experience burnout and stress will often take additional time off which inevitably affects the company’s bottom line. We've outlined the top 5 ways to help your organization support employees to reap the benefits of work-life balance.