Company values are the cornerstone of an organization’s culture. They are the fundamental beliefs and guiding principles that companies use to influence the way their people relate to each other and engage with their customers and clients. Company values shouldn’t just be words on a page — they should be memorable, actionable, lived every day…
Always, but especially during times of change and ambiguity, leaders must balance the needs of their people while meeting business priorities. Effective leadership communication accomplishes both. Follow these three best practices to reach your team more effectively: Know Your Audience You already know your team. But do your communications reach them? Consider different mindsets and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Darci Valentine 317-854-9388 darcivalentine@bluebeyondconsulting.com Blue Beyond Named Great Place to Work® for Fifth Year in a Row Castro Valley, California — 07-07-2020 — Blue Beyond Consulting today announced that it is once again Great Place to Work-Certified™. This is the fifth consecutive year Blue Beyond has received this recognition. “We are so…
Founder and CEO Cheryl Fields Tyler was highlighted as a subject matter expert on employee engagement in a recent blog from HRCI (Human Resource Certification Institute). The article focused on best practices for maintaining employee engagement across organizations, from individual contributors to c-suite executives. Fields Tyler founded Blue Beyond Consulting in 2006 in the San Francisco Bay…
Empathy is key to successfully leading individuals, teams, and whole organizations. Showing up with empathy is invaluable in good times and essential in challenging times. Having a pulse on your team, as you lead them through uncertainty, is the best way (and maybe the only way) to meet the needs of people — so they…
Employees look to their company — and their company’s leaders — as a source of comfort, truth, and direction, especially during times of change. Many organizations are recognizing that having a meaningful company purpose and a strong set of core values give their employees something to rally around. Whether you’re rolling out your purpose and…
A true testament to our organizational culture is how we show up for each other during times of uncertainty. While it’s up to each of us to live our culture every day, this can become challenging when we’re no longer working together face-to-face. Supporting one another and building connections is crucial to the emotional well-being…
Blue Beyond Consulting’s Mariah Cherniss was quoted in The Post and Courier’s article about College of Charleston’s new 10-year strategic plan, which Blue Beyond partnered with the school on. The article delves into the vision and planning process for the strategic plan — which involved collecting feedback from 5,000 students, faculty, and staff members via surveys,…
At Blue Beyond, we have a practice called “stringing of the beads.” We often start meetings with this practice — which involves posing a short prompt, and then going around the team to hear each person’s response. With each response, we “add another bead to the string” so to speak. It’s a sacred part of…
There’s a popular neuroscience adage: “Neurons that fire together wire together.” That means the more you run a neural circuit in your brain, the stronger that circuit becomes. Applied practically, it’s why small habits practiced on a daily basis become “wired” into your brain and have the power to support behavior change and goal achievement. …