In 2022, as the business world adapted to a post-Covid world era, it seems that leaders continue to be flummoxed by the principles of getting the right people in the right seats. What exactly were some of the biggest hiring mistakes of 2022?
A Month of Gratitude and Service
A Checklist for Your Next Annual Planning Meeting (FREE Download)
When holding your annual planning meeting, you want attendees to focus on the important details of planning your business, with full attention and in a strategic environment conducive to the future-planning process. Last-minute planning of the meeting can result in an unfocused event. We’ve prepared a checklist for your annual planning meeting with tips and strategies to consider in organizing the finer details.
2023 Cultural and Growth Foundation: Why Plan Your Strategic Offsites A Year in Advance?
Planning for the future is as important as the day-to-day running of your business. With more people working remotely or in hybrid settings, company offsite meetings are the perfect opportunity to bring your executive team together. We find the CEOs we work with are divided in their preferences with respect to which schedule is best.
Who Should Attend Your Annual Strategic Planning Meeting?
CEOs and senior leaders should already be planning their business strategies for next year and beyond. As you start crafting the agenda and designing your anticipated strategic outcomes for your annual meeting, it is critical to spend some careful time envisioning your ideal attendee list. A misaligned attendee list can quickly derail any positive outcomes you might anticipate from your planning meeting.
Strategic Planning And Feedback for Development for 2023
If you’re looking to align your future with the present day, here are a few key steps to help you build your strong foundation. As the checklist for how you run your company, your core values should be front and center in all business strategy meetings. Internal and external feedback is a critical tool to help you drive growth, customer service and product development.
The Story Behind Our Company Name
Clearly, the entire team at PFD Group are avid fans of aviation and travel. So much so that we named our business after these in-flight displays. The PFD is a critical instrument for awareness. We provide similar awareness education for entrepreneurs and CEOs who want to better define where they are, where they are going, and where they are tracking on that course.
Is Your Corporate Culture Lacking Employee Engagement?
A recent Gallup survey found that employee engagement has hit a new low. Just one in three U.S. employees report feeling “actively engaged” at work, according to the survey, while nearly one in seven (14%) report feeling actively “disengaged.” (2022, Gallup.com)
Leadership teams who get together to strategize, socialize and communicate in person on a regular basis are the ones with the strongest employee engagement.
What Do You Want Your Legacy to Be?
Too often, I come across individuals who seemingly have it “all.” On the surface, they’ve built amazing businesses which serve as models for other executives. What is less obvious, however, is how much some leaders have completely ignored every other aspect of their life in their pursuit of business excellence. When building the framework around your legacy, a good wayfinding exercise is to consider what you’d like your obituary to read.