Uncle Walt's Wisdom (Page 3)

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Two colleagues smile while having coffee and a conversation at a cafe. They are looking at each other. This is a common scene of employee engagement.

Accountable

A Seasonal Conversation - How to get the most out of measuring your employees

Measuring your employees is a simple necessity that is made unnecessarily complicated by the misguided assumption that employees don’t want to be measured. In light of this erroneous supposition, many business owners - often under additional coercion supplied by their HR departments - opt to measure their employees by

Podcast Recaps

[Podcast Recap] Unstoppables - Episode #10 - Increasing Employee Engagement w/Walt Brown

Bill Wooditch introduces Walt Brown to the Unstoppables Podcast audience for the 10th episode of the show. Bill opens by saying he is impressed with the success Walt has had in turning around more than 150 companies on the strength of mentoring and leadership principles. He opens the show by

A business professional and a colleague are shaking hands. The focus is on the handshake, symbolizing a strong partnership and high employee engagement.

Accountable

Hiring for Cultural Fit: What it Does and Does Not Mean

In most hiring situations, the first time a candidate comes across the radar of a business is when the job seeker submits a resume to the HR department or HR representative. If the applicant appears to check all of the necessary boxes - an impressive education, and years of employment

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[Podcast Recap] How to Transform Organizational Culture with the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework

Walt Brown joined host Ralph Brogden as a guest on the Rebelpreneur Radio interview segment titled How to Transform Organizational Culture With the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework. The show begins with Walt explaining how he started out as an accounting nerd, moved on to running his own companies,

A psychedelic, abstract image with wavy lines representing the "fiction" of a business, where a shared belief in its mission drives employee engagement.

Believe

Your Organization is a Fiction, and That’s a Good Thing

To conceive of their businesses as fictional entities is a difficult task for several business leaders to engage in, and for a very good reason. After all, the buildings, desks, chairs, computers, logos and employees are certainly very real, and far from fictional. So, in what way are we suggesting

Belong

6 Reasons Why Your Company Has The Wrong Core Values

In order for your organization to transform into a Patient Organization through utilization of the BITE7 Framework, it is essential for you to identify and codify the real core values of your business. If you have already taken the steps to establish core values for your company, you are undoubtedly

Podcast Recaps

[Podcast Recap] The Best Way to Empower Employees w/ Walt Brown

Bruce Marable invited Walt Brown to be the first guest of the new decade on The Employee Cycle Podcast in an episode titled “The Best Way to Empower Employees.” The show opens with Walt talking about how he transitioned into a career dedicated to coaching and facilitation at the behest

Three oblong stones of various colors and textures illustrate how employee engagement can be a multi-faceted and balanced effort.

Accountable

7 Steps to Creating Proper Balance in Your Organization

When it comes to balance in the workplace, several different explanations are employed to describe what it means, and many of these definitions are correct in one respect or another. In fact, the most complete description of workplace balance incorporates multiple elements from the popular definitions of balance. This ultimately

Podcast Recaps

[Podcast Recap] The How of Business # 285: Developing Great Team Players w/ Walt Brown

Walt Brown had a discussion with Henry Lopez on the 285th episode of The How of Business. The title of the show is Developing Great Team Players, which is an essential component of the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework. The show begins with Walt discussing the benefits of his

A business sign for "MILLENNIALS" hangs from a building, suggesting a need to address employee engagement for this generation and debunking the "Millennial Myth."

Millennial Myth

5 Signs Your Business Suffers From The Millennial Myth

If you own a business and have been hiring employees with regularity, you are probably well aware of the incursion of the Millennial generation upon the workforce. Millennials are rapidly coming to make up the lion’s share of the American workforce, and generational differences between Millennials and the owners

Millennial Myth

[Podcast Recap] A Millennial’s Journey - “Millennial’s and Company Culture” with Walt Brown

While conversing with Michael Cappa and Kamil Bhatty on A Millennial’s Journey, Certifed EOS implementer and 7Q7P Founder Walt Brown explained how he unearthed what he calls “The Millennial Myth,” and how his 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework helps companies to combat and correct the perceived problems business

Podcast Recaps

[Podcast Recap] The Startup Life Show - Episode 74 - “How to Recruit the Best Talent For Your Startup” with Walt Brown

During his discussion with Ande Lyons on The Startup Life Show, Certified EOS implementer and 7Q7P Visionary Walt Brown explained how the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework can benefit the culture of organizations no matter what size they are, including startup companies. Walt also identified some key ways in

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