24 Jan OnCon Contributor Award Winner!

Posted at 06:00h in Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, News, Recognition, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

I am proud to announce that Powers Resource Center won the ICON Contributor Award this past weekend at the OnCon ICON Awards ceremony in Orlando, FL! The Contributor Award recognizes value to the industry through thought sharing, elevating the strategic value of human resources and delivering creative solutions for...

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28 Nov Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Don’t Make This Mistake with Virtual Teams

Posted at 21:13h in Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, News, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Virtual teams are clearly growing at an unprecedented rate. But some companies are making a crucial mistake as they send employees off to their home-based offices. I was interviewed as part of this article in Inc. Magazine, “The Best Companies Make This 1 Mistake With Virtual...

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02 Nov Virtual Teams for Dummies Signing at Boulder Bookstore!

Posted at 01:53h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy, Train the Trainer, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who braved the weather and came out to help me celebrate the release of my book, Virtual Teams for Dummies! It was wonderful seeing my clients, colleagues and friends and family gathered at the Boulder Bookstore to hear...

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31 Oct Train the Trainer No Brainer

Posted at 22:19h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy, Train the Trainer, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

The kids all headed back to school last month, but working professionals have the opportunity to learn at any time of year. That’s what we trainers think anyway ;-) It’s like the old adage -- “Once you stop learning, you start dying.” That might be a...

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18 Oct New to Virtual Teams? Let’s Get You Caught Up

Posted at 00:09h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Companies are rushing to launch virtual teams throughout their organizations at an increasing rate. Just consider Gallup’s 2017 report “State of the American Workplace,” which revealed that 43 percent of employees worked remotely in 2016, up from 39 percent in 2012. Don’t forget the impact...

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18 Sep Do You Have What it Takes to Lead a Virtual Team?

Posted at 15:00h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Not all managers are cut out for leading a team they don’t see face-to-face every day. But more and more organizations are turning to virtual (distributed) teams to get work done. I cover this in detail in my new book, Virtual Teams for Dummies. In this...

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03 Jul Want a Flexible Job? Who Doesn’t? I Talked to an Expert at FlexJobs to Find Out How

Posted at 15:57h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

If you’ve ever searched for a job with a flexible work schedule, you know that there are a lot of too-good-to-be true listings and just plain scams. Sorting through all the junk postings makes it hard for anyone to find the truly great flextime jobs...

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11 Apr 5 Tips for Better, Smarter Hiring Decisions

Posted at 07:06h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

We all know the cost of making bad hiring decisions. According to the Harvard Business Review, as much as 80% of employee turnover is a direct result of poor hiring decisions. But having open positions creates gaps in productivity, which puts undue stress on remaining...

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04 Apr Company Culture on Virtual Teams: How To Feel Part of It All

Posted at 01:50h in Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy, Uncategorized, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

It’s one thing to create an atmosphere of trust and camaraderie between employees when they’re all in the same building for eight hours a day. But what about when teams work virtually and they rarely see their coworkers, if at all? How can you keep...

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21 Dec Are You a Scrooge? Take This Quiz to Find Out

Posted at 01:50h in Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Are you a Scrooge? Or maybe you are more of a Grinch? Do you aspire to be a Santa Claus leader, but don’t know how to start? Take this fun true/false assessment to see if your leadership style is more Mr. Potter than George Bailey. ...

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