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Four Top Trends in Talent Management – From SIOP and Beyond

By Lyn Turknett Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG I’m a fan of SIOP, the nickname for both the organization and the yearly conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. I am not an I-O psychologist myself, but I am married to a licensed psychologist, I’ve hired a lot of I-O psychologists to support […]

June 25, 2024 View Article

Five Reasons Mental Health is a Challenge Now – and Five Possible Solutions

By Lyn Turknett Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG I’ve thought about mental health – how to help everyone thrive, how to combat anxiety and depression, what might work for our adolescents, and how to improve mental health in the workplace – since I was very young. As an adult I’ve been in fields that supported mental […]

May 22, 2024 View Article

Managing Volunteers

Lyn Turknett Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG What’s the biggest problem you’ve ever had managing volunteers? If you’ve ever been a volunteer and have let a volunteer commitment slip to meet a “real work” deadline, you likely know what most people answer: holding people accountable when you have no authority over them. Interestingly, though, that […]

April 30, 2024 View Article

The Age Question: Examining a Generational Workforce

Lyn Turknett, Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG Just from personal observation, it’s hard to tell if there are greater similarities or differences between the various workforce generations, but generally, researchers have found it hard to confirm real differences in attitudes toward work and think that most of the differences we experience are due to age, not […]

January 31, 2024 View Article

A Contrarian View: What if Generational Differences are Small? And What if Focusing on Them Could Be Harmful?

Lyn Turknett, Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG I can remember my first personal experience of “generational prejudice.” I was about twenty-five and a graduate student. The civil rights movement was in full swing and “my generation” had fought hard for change. I can remember clearly thinking that the “younger generation,” born about 1950, was very focused […]

January 31, 2024 View Article

Everyday SHEro – Lyn Turknett: Lover of Learning, Leadership, and People

By Susan Hitchcock Founder & Host Emerita of Women in Leadership It’s hard – make that impossible – not to be inspired and challenged to be a better person the more time you spend with Carolyn Turknett, or Lyn as we know her. She’s widely known and highly respected in Atlanta and beyond for co-founding […]

December 13, 2023 View Article

Why Positive Psychology Works

Lyn Turknett, Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG I remember reading, perhaps thirty years ago, an observation by a consultant that had a profound effect on me. I am not sure of the writer – it could have been Marvin Weisbord – but I remember the story vividly. He said that he was helping facilitate a planning […]

December 13, 2023 View Article

From the Experts: Unlocking the Power of Positive Psychology

Positive psychology, a branch of psychology focused on character strengths and behaviors that allow individuals to build a life of meaning and purpose, goes beyond fleeting happiness – it helps us go from surviving to flourishing. Positive Psychology is a powerful practice that can be used to help individuals, teams, and even entire organizations achieve […]

December 13, 2023 View Article

How Coaching Can Help Foster Strong Retention

How Coaching Improves Retention Rates

Lyn Turknett, Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG People don’t leave companies – people leave their boss. That’s forever true, and anyone who has consulted in multiple organizations sees that borne out every day. One of the most fascinating things about doing organization engagement surveys is seeing tiny “pockets of engagement” – and loyalty – in an […]

October 26, 2023 View Article

Navigating Change: A How-to and a How to-not

Lyn Turknett, Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG The same qualities that help all of us expect, navigate, and even enjoy change – being curious, open, questioning, collaborative, agile and adaptable – help us whether we are managing change or navigating unexpected change. We were consulting in large organizations when the first waves of downsizing occurred […]

August 24, 2023 View Article