Engagement: Promote the Water Cooler Talk

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Feb 16, 2011 2:12 PM ET

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Compa…

The business world has traditionally viewed a quiet workplace as a sign things were running smoothly.  A lack of employee chatter meant a focused and productive workforce.  However, in today’s business environment, this same silence could prove to be deadly.  When you walk the halls of your office do you hear the chatter of enthusiasm and excitement, or do you hear the sound of silence? 

Viewed by many professional consulting firms to be the key resource to a company’s ultimate success or failure, talent can be a critical differentiator in both short and long-term business sustainability.  Leveraging this valuable resource, however, requires a culture that encourages employees to become engaged in the direction of the organization.   Our sustainability consulting foresees a new age of sustainable business, one in which organizations recognize the value in leveraging human capital.   Traditionally led by executive management, we see leveraged leadership cultures enabling every role in the organization to: click here to continue reading.
 

Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".

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