by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 8, 2024 | Culture, Leadership
The Difference Between a Good Workplace and a Great Workplace At MacPhie, we talk a lot with our clients about how to go from “good to great” – pulling on the right levers to level up organizational productivity and performance. Leaders love to focus on process...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jun 28, 2024 | Culture, Leadership
The Key to Improving Employee Retention? Empowering Middle Managers Imagine a workplace where employees feel valued, engaged, and motivated to stay. A place where high turnover rates are a thing of the past, and the workforce is not only stable but thriving. The...
by Hugh MacPhie | Apr 11, 2024 | Leadership
Mental Health in the Workplace – How Can We Help? “It is a weird time right now…” We hear this a lot lately – from rising prices of just about everything, to an over-capacity healthcare system, to the continued and lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
by Hugh MacPhie | Mar 26, 2024 | Leadership, Team Development
Board Orientation Done Differently If you’ve been on a Board, it’s likely that you’ve sat through a Board Orientation session, read a Board Orientation package or – worse, had no orientation at all. Most Board Orientations are nuts-and-bolts affairs, with a focus on...
by Hugh MacPhie | Mar 20, 2024 | Leadership
Managing ‘The People in Your Neighbourhood’ Around the Board Table Like learning the Hungarian language or calming down an angry two-year-old, chairing or facilitating a Board meeting is hard. All groups have moods that are always changing, which directly impacts...
by Hugh MacPhie | Dec 11, 2023 | Leadership
Ten Things Successful Leaders Do Well Being a leader – of three people, a production shift, or a 10,000-person organization – is really hard. We work with leaders at all levels of organizations, and we have seen patterns and traits from the ones who are...
