Ashley Young

Why Emotion Is the Missing Link in Building High-Performing Cultures

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The Future of Leadership Requires Understanding What Truly Drives People For years, organizations have been searching for the answer to improving employee engagement. Leaders have invested in surveys, dashboards, programs, and initiatives designed to better understand what people need at work. These tools have created more visibility and more data, but many organizations are still […]

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Evergreen Podcasts and PeopleForward Network Announce Strategic Partnership

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Indianapolis, IN — Evergreen Podcasts and PeopleForward Network are pleased to announce a strategic partnership designed to strengthen industry connections and create opportunities for organizations and brands across a wider range of industries. PeopleForward Network, founded by CEO Nikki Lewallen Gregory, brings a people-first leadership approach to its creative services and community of partners. With

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Hiring in the Age of AI: Why Human Discernment Is the Competitive Advantage Leaders Can’t Replace

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AI Is Changing the Hiring Process, But Trust Is Still Built Human to Human Finding great people has always been one of the hardest challenges in business. Leaders know the impact of bringing the right person onto a team: the right hire strengthens culture, accelerates momentum, and multiplies what’s possible. The wrong fit, however, can

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Play Is Not the Opposite of Work: Designing Workplaces Where People Come Alive

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Rethinking What It Means to Do Great Work For generations, we have been taught a simple story: work and play exist on opposite sides of life. Work is where we are serious. Play is what happens after hours. Work is where we perform. Play is where we recover. But what if that belief has been

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The Difference Between a Company That Survives and a Company That Scales

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Why Strong Systems Create Healthier Businesses and Healthier People There’s a point in the life of almost every growing company where effort alone stops being enough. The team is talented, customers are happy, and the brand has momentum. From the outside, the company may even look wildly successful. But internally, leaders often feel like they’re

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Why Pet-Friendly Workplaces Are Becoming a Mental Health Advantage

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The Future of Work Feels More Human When Pets Are Part of the Conversation For years, organizations have searched for ways to improve employee well-being, strengthen workplace culture, and create environments where people actually want to show up and contribute. Companies have invested in wellness programs, flexible work policies, engagement initiatives, leadership training, and culture

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Culture Change That Sticks Starts With Leaders Willing to Get Uncomfortable

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There’s a reason so many organizations feel frustrated after investing significant time, money, and energy into culture initiatives that never seem to fully take hold. The values are clearly written, the systems are organized, the leadership retreats happen, the frameworks are rolled out, and the meetings are scheduled. Yet months later, employees still feel disconnected,

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The Leadership Blind Spot That Keeps Teams Stuck

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Why the Way We See Problems Often Becomes the Problem Itself Organizations rarely struggle because they lack intelligent people. Most teams are filled with experienced leaders, capable operators, and highly skilled specialists who genuinely want to move the business forward. Despite that expertise, many organizations still find themselves circling the same challenges year after year.

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Why Culture Change Fails and What It Actually Takes to Make It Stick

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Culture change is one of the most talked-about priorities inside organizations, while also one of the least successfully executed. It’s not because leaders don’t care, and not because HR lacks effort, the breakdown happens because most organizations are trying to solve a deeply systemic challenge with disconnected, surface-level solutions. They launch programs, invest in training,

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The Balance That Will Define the Future of Work: Human Connection in an Automated World

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Why This Isn’t Just a Technology Conversation We are living through one of the fastest shifts in how work gets done. What used to take teams, time, and layers of coordination can now be executed in seconds. Automation is here, and it’s accelerating. But this moment is about something deeper than technology. It’s about how

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