Author page: Phil Koontz

Is your Corporate Culture Jacked Up?

Corporate culture plays a key role in job satisfaction, morale, and security. Everyone contributes to corporate culture, whether you are a senior manager or a summer intern. Regardless of position or authority, everyone in the workplace wants to be valued, respected, and important. Everyone can help create the corporate culture that makes employees love coming to work. Individual Steps to…

The sky is falling!!

Bad attitudes, burnout, low morale, lack of enthusiasm, and quiet quitting are devastating the corporate workplace more than ever. As leaders we must model the behavior we want to see in others as we correct this infectious behavior. Here are seven tips: Communicate clearly – During times of crisis, challenge, and change, it is crucial for supervisors/leaders to communicate effectively…

Conflict is Costly

Jim is a upper-level manager who directs a team of engineers at a tech company. Two of his engineers, Sarah and Michael, had been feuding for months, but Jim ignored the issue, thinking it would eventually resolve itself. “They are professionals,” Jim thought. “They will figure it out.” They did not. The tension between the two engineers continued to escalate.…