Worried that your office is about to be overrun by TikTok dances and bucket hats? Gen Z is taking the workplace by storm—this year, they’ve surpassed the amount of Baby Boomers in the workplace and make up one third of our world population. But instead of relying on stereotypes about Gen Z in the workplace,…
You’re now tasked with leading a team, meeting targets, and building a work culture that fosters trust and collaboration. But where do you start? If you’re a new manager looking to gain your team’s trust quickly, these 10 culture hacks will help you build a team you love and do it fast. 1. Schedule Regular…
When I was interviewing for this job, I remember hearing about Build Then Bless and it’s one of the things that drew me to Lemonade Stand. It’s awesome that someone would trust their employees enough to use this money every month on other people. Airline employees take the brunt of everyone’s travel issues. If the…
Employee turnover is tough on budget and morale. If losing one employee costs one-half to two times their salary, imagine the toll the Great Resignation took on budgets during the last few years. Most people use COVID as a blanket statement for why the Great Resignation happened, but the pandemic was only the catalyst that…
“I feel like it’s opened my eyes to look for opportunities where I could help. My heart is always open to anyone that needs help.” It isn’t a nonprofit program or a volunteer initiative that’s made Katie Faltermeier feel that way. It’s a work “benefit,” if you want to call it that, or something Lemonade…
How do you measure something as intangible and complex as culture? Since “culture is how employees’ hearts and stomachs feel about Monday morning on Sunday night,” (thank you Bill Marklein, founder of Culture Crossing), it’s hard to capture data on those feelings. But doing so is vital to understanding the health and success of your…
A 100% Build Then Bless participant? We had to get the inside scoop into how Camila Roldan, one of our account managers, has consistently used all of her Build Then Bless (BTB) funds every month for over a year. That’s more than $600 put back into Camila’s community of neighbors and strangers she’s had the…
I’m not a big business and leadership book person but my husband is. We have a full floor-to-ceiling bookcase of strategies from Wiseman, Covey, Brown, Sinek—if they’ve talked business, it’s there. And I love hearing about the things my husband learns from them. Dale Carnegie—if you’re reading this from the afterlife, Brad Haralson is your…
I love the team I work with and we work well together. I attribute my connection and attention at work to Build Then Bless—I don’t see a way around it. It helped turn coworkers living thousands of miles away into friends I can count on. Cheesy, I know, but it’s the truth. I’m a COVID…
We get emails from a few major news sources each morning so we can keep up with what’s going on in the world. And let’s be honest, most days it’s not pretty. From political turmoil to natural disasters, there seems to be no shortage of negative headlines vying for our attention. And for a long…