Author: Katherine Atkinson

A leader’s guide to successful employee goal setting

Fall — it’s the season of changing leaves, pumpkin spice everything, and…goal setting. Employee goal setting offers big benefits for you as a leader and for your employees and the work of the collective team. How can leaders guide employees through setting goals? With the use of self-assessments, exploring professional interests and skills, and understanding...…

How leaders pave the way with goal setting

Fall is typically the time of year when organizations encourage reflecting and planning in the form of performance reviews and goal setting. At ethOs, we also view this time as an opportunity for leaders to set a great example. By demonstrating the value of self-assessing areas for improvement, you can show your team how setting...…

Action Steps to Help Prevent Employee Burnout

I’m going to kick this blog off with a couple of startling statistics from Gallup: That’s concerning, right? The pervasiveness of employee burnout indicates it is a systemic and organizational challenge that needs to be addressed as such but individualized to each employee. Here’s the thing, though. If you’re an organization with hundreds or thousands...…

Managers are the Hub for Employee Wellbeing and Engagement

As I completed my graduate school degree, I was interviewing for a position with a college. While meeting with college student leaders, I was asked an interview question that remains my strangest one to date — “If the team was a bicycle, what part of the bike would you be?” Uhh…my knowledge of bicycle anatomy...…