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SKOR High-Performance Insights
Discover the SKOR Blog – your source for expert insights on workplace culture, leadership, and high-performance teams. Get actionable strategies, real-world examples, and thought-provoking perspectives to help you create a thriving organization. Stay ahead with the latest trends and best practices in culture and leadership!
Recent Articles
Clarity – Don’t Let Your Tax Bill Surprise You
Today is Tax Day in the U.S. Do you know how much you owe? Or perhaps you are looking forward to a refund? You would never leave your...
Apr 153 min read
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Looking to Lower Your Taxes? Try More Cohesion.
A disconnected team is a disengaged team. And disengagement? That's a tax no leader can afford to pay. Cohesion is a cure for...
Apr 82 min read
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Disengagement Tax: The Hidden Cost Leaders Can’t Afford to Ignore
April isn’t just tax season for the IRS (U.S. Tax Authority)—it’s also a wake-up call for leaders facing a silent but devastating drain...
Apr 12 min read
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No Game Plan, No Trophy: Why Clarity Separates Champions from Winners
March Madness, Workplace Magic: A 4-part series (Article 3 of 4) Ever watched a team crumble under pressure? The talent is there, the...
Mar 182 min read
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Your Best Player Won’t Save You—But Your Team Will
March Madness, Workplace Magic: A 4-part series (Article 2 of 4) No team wins a championship on the back of one star player. Not Michael...
Mar 113 min read
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Coaching Your Team to Victory
March Madness, Workplace Magic: A 4-part series (Article 1 of 4) As the madness of March sweeps across the nation, college basketball...
Mar 42 min read
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Your CEO is likely afraid, that’s all
High Performance Culture Can't Be Faked: A 4-part series on how leaders can rally from the recent Gallup results (Article 4 of 4) For...
Feb 252 min read
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Is Return to Office to Blame for 8 Million Fewer Engaged Workers?
High Performance Culture Can't Be Faked: A 4-part series on how leaders can rally from the recent Gallup results Gallup’ s recent results...
Feb 42 min read
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What Should You Measure to Get a Real Culture Metric?
A Four-Part Blog Series for CEOs and Leadership Teams If culture drives performance, what exactly should leaders be measuring? Most...
Jan 201 min read
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Put Culture on the Scorecard — or Stop Talking About It
The Final Chapter of Our Four-Part Blog Series for CEOs & Leaders Here’s the harsh truth: If culture isn’t part of your leadership team’s...
Jan 201 min read
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Engagement Surveys Are Not Enough
A Four-Part Blog Series for CEOs and Leadership Teams Most companies rely on employee engagement surveys to measure culture. But let’s be...
Jan 132 min read
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You Say You Care About Culture, But Is it BS?
A Four-Part Blog Series for CEOs and Leadership Teams Peter Drucker said it best: “What gets measured, gets managed.” Yet, when it comes...
Jan 71 min read
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The Top 5 Secret Ingredients for Executive Team Prowess 🤫
What if the secret to building an unstoppable executive team wasn’t a mystery but a recipe—one with five powerful ingredients that can...
Dec 16, 20243 min read
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Why Zappos Got Culture ROI Wrong—and How We Can Get It Right
Zappos is celebrated not only for its legendary customer service but for how it built an extraordinary culture that fueled its success....
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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A Thanksgiving Guide to Better Culture 🦃
Thanksgiving is a perfect opportunity to reflect on gratitude and consider how its values can influence workplace culture. Beyond the...
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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The Truth About eNPS: A Shallow Metric Leading to Shallow Fixes
Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) has gained popularity in recent years as a quick and easy way for companies to gauge employee...
Sep 30, 20243 min read
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Measuring Workplace Culture
With the companies we have built and the companies we advise, we have seen a significant demand for measurement across all aspects of the...
Aug 22, 20243 min read
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YES! SKOR's 1st Birthday
Well, I can’t believe it’s been one year since founding SKOR! The ideas and concepts of what I thought SKOR might be a year ago has...
Jul 22, 20244 min read
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Meeting Mastery: Turning Time Sinks into Productivity Powerhouses
Meetings can either be the engines of progress or the anchors that drag productivity down.
Jul 18, 20247 min read
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The Power of Values: Are They Driving Your People?
This article contains: The Hidden Power of Values: Are They Really Driving Your People Processes? Implementing Core Values in All...
Jul 11, 20248 min read
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