The Curious Cultivator

We invite you to take some time to read our blog ‘The Curious Cultivator’ that features articles with our latest research, stories of people at big companies making positive change (what we call our Cultivator Profiles), guides and toolkits, and much more. Let us know what you’d like to see more of as we look to publish the latest on how to continue to build a more empowering culture, drive change and communications, and build community at work.

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The 8 Key Behaviors that Successful Teams Prioritize

Discover the eight key teaming behaviors of high-performing empowered teams. Learn how your team can develop behaviors and habits that lead to improved performance and success based on our years of research and implementation. 

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Steve Garguilo Steve Garguilo

The Absolute Best Session at SIOP 2024

SIOP (The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology ) hosted its annual conference last week in Chicago, bringing together the best thinkers, researchers, and practitioners in the world of people science, talent management, and talent development.

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How to Empower Women in the Workplace

For International Women’s Day, let’s look at what managers, leaders, and large companies can do to empower women in the workplace in 2024 and beyond.

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Stephanie Hart Stephanie Hart

Icebreakers that won’t make you roll your eyes

Icebreakers don’t have to be anxiety-inducing or cringe-worthy. In fact, icebreakers play a big role in building successful communities where teams can learn and grow together in meaningful ways.

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Celebrate the Pivot: A Simple, Powerful Way to Develop a Learning Culture at Work

Creating change within our lives or work can be difficult. As a Cultivator, you know *in theory* that the route to change is often winding, with many stops to regroup and strategize along the way. Oftentimes, a change in direction on a strategy or project can feel like a failure…but what if it didn’t have to? What if instead, you chose to look beyond that moment of change and celebrate the ways you changed course?

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3 Things Cultivators Can Learn from the Finnish Concept of Sisu

As Cultivators, we deal in the difficult. To make a change within an organization, you can’t give up when the going gets tough. And sometimes, let’s face it…the going gets really tough. To make it through the challenges we face at work and beyond, we often need to hone our tenacity.

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3 Empowering Books for Changemakers

Get curious, Cultivator! We know that it takes work to bring about change at work and we want to help equip you with a toolbox to help you usher in that change.

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Here’s How We’re Handling A “Zoom Bombing”

Imagine that in non-pandemic times, you invited over a few friends to watch a movie. You really want to be a good host, so you have chosen the movie carefully. You turned on captions so everyone can access the plot in an accessible way. You gathered everyone's favorite snacks and created a whole lot of comfortable seating options in your living room. Now, imagine that ten minutes into the movie, a large group of strangers walked into your living room and started yelling and jumping on your couch. 

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