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RFN Advisory Group’s smart ideas page brings together original and curated content from innovators and thought-leaders in value acceleration and transition-readiness, as well as other related areas.
From Awareness to Action: Workplace Inclusivity Through Generational Differences
Creating an inclusive workplace is essential. Understanding generational differences plays a crucial role in achieving this goal. Each generation, from Baby Boomers to Gen Z, brings unique perspectives and communication styles that, when embraced, can enhance collaboration and inclusivity. Committing to communication methods, respecting diverse viewpoints, leveraging technology, fostering cross-generational teamwork, building trust and promoting continuous learning, organizations can cultivate a work environment where all employees feel valued and empowered.
Can leadership and culture make your business more valuable?
While the concise answer is a resounding "yes" to the question of whether leadership and culture can enhance business value, the more nuanced response explores how these factors contribute to success. This article emphasizes the importance of regularly assessing and strengthening the leadership team to propel business growth. Key considerations include recognizing the need for delegation, defining roles clearly and being willing to relinquish control for effective team-building.
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What do high art, The Last of Us and VUCA have in common?
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.”
– Carl Jung
“We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”
We already know successful business owners are accustomed to pivoting their product or service according to the tides of consumer demands. COVID-19 proved this. But what many business owners may not be so familiar with is pivoting to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse labour pool, in order to achieve the same level of success.
Can you see the forest for the trees?
In this economy, how many successful companies do we hear boasting about being staunchly unwilling to adapt? In the wake of COVID, the notion sounds absurd but it’s more common than you might think.
Are you and your business rolling with the punches? Or getting knocked out?
If we assume VUCA is an adversarial environment – hostile to our short and long-term business interests – we bypass our cognitive biases telling us to dismiss what threatens our needs. We assume a posture of response rather than reaction and our approach to risk management switches from defensive to offensive.
This new year, we’re ditching analysis paralysis by embracing the bare minimum. Will you join us?
In our work with business owners, something is almost always better than nothing. A hastily concocted contingency plan trumps no contingency plan. Half-baked ideas about life-after business dreams and goals beat no ideas. We aren’t advocates for shoddy work, but we are aware of the human condition and the last thing a good advisor wants is for a (potential) client to disengage because they’re afraid of falling short of perfection.
Quiet Quitting
Do more with less.
Pick up the slack.
These phrases are common, no matter where you work. However, doing more with less and picking up the slack are less and less palatable to to today’s workers. This article looks at the “quiet quitting” phenomenon seen today.
Help! I might love my “solution.”
Fall in love with the problem AND the solution? We think it is possible. We also think the value of the solution is directly tied to the problem. A solution is valuable only if it solves a problem worth solving and the client must believe that to be true.