Insights and stories on leadership, collaboration and workplace culture, from the boardroom to the field.
Updated October 2025 By Garrett Herschleb Are You Doing Interviews All Wrong? Hiring decisions are among the most important decisions in any business, because employees can be either a company’s greatest assets, or greatest liabilities. Asking the most effective interview questions in a standardized way may be key to your company’s success. Behavioral interviewing is […]
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Updated October 2025 By Garrett Herschleb As a leader in your household, here are eleven money saving tips to manage living expenses while maintaining a balanced lifestyle. First, let’s discuss why cost cutting is more important than ever. In 2022, the United States’ official rate of inflation peaked out at almost 9 percent. If you […]
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By Garrett Herschleb Give Them a Reason to Look Forward Employee retention is based on more than monetary compensation. Money is of course the root reason of anyone’s employment, however, if money alone is the mode of employee retention, your workers will flock for the first job that offers better pay or comfort. People need […]
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Building Trust at Work: Why Vulnerability Is a Leader’s Hidden Strength All human groups rely on trust to be functional and survive. It’s no different in the workplace. For leaders to be truly influential, they must be willing to be vulnerable. That’s right. Are you able to show your trust in others by being open […]
Continue reading »James Randi was a master of illusion and a devoted activist up until his death in October 2020. Early in his career, he was a famed magician; by the end, he was a renowned skeptic on a mission to save others from the same tricks he once performed. He sold his acts honestly — as […]
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Updated November 2025 Monkey see, monkey do … Turns out that’s about all they do. The intelligence of apes and monkeys are unmatched throughout the animal kingdom and at their pinnacle — we now as humans — reign supreme. Our closest ancestor alive today is the chimpanzee, yet despite the fact they share 98 percent […]
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Updated November 2025 A New Era of Team Building: What 2026 Demands The pandemic didn’t just change work. It rewired it. The companies that adapted fastest treated 2020–2022 like an extended field exercise: rapid decisions, new tools, new rituals, and a hard reset on how teams connect. Venture Up did the same. We built virtual […]
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You don’t need a lesson in Buddhism to know the value of compassion in solving problems in the workplace. When facing stress on the job, an employee oftentimes holds their emotions in for a long time before coming forward. When the flood gates open, be prepared to understand how they feel; realize the fear that […]
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Crushing Workplace Fear in 2021 What makes life at work even more stressful these days is the need to appear sane and happy when the entire world is being turned upside. One thing to keep in mind is to understand that almost everyone else feels pretty much the same way. Who hasn’t lost someone to […]
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