Building a Healthy Organizational Culture: A Leader’s Role in Preventing Crises As leaders, we often focus too intently on performance metrics, efficiency, and organizational goals. Yet, none of those initiatives can fully succeed without first focusing on organizational culture. Today, and during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, the discussion of a leader’s role in [...]
Emerald One Shines at the Hermes Creative Awards Emerald One’s creative team was recognized for its Creative Body of Work with a Platinum Award at the 2024 Hermes Creative Awards, an international competition recognizing outstanding work in marketing and communication. In addition to the team’s recognition for their impeccable work overall, Emerald One [...]
Make Every Minute Count. Purposeful Ideas to Restructure Your One-On-One Meetings Scott Peck said, “All human interactions are opportunities to either learn or to teach.” Making the most of your one-on-one meetings is more than checking in with your direct reports on their progress — it’s setting a tone to build trust with [...]
Emerald One Celebrates Four Wins at the MarCom International Creative Awards November 9, 2023 Contact: Chawn Tate, chawnt@emeraldone.com Emerald One, LLC emeraldone.com For Immediate Release Emerald One Celebrates Four Wins at the 2023 MarCom International Creative Awards Emerald One is thrilled to receive four prestigious awards at the 2023 MarCom International Creative Awards, a [...]
Emerald One Recognized as a 2024 Elev8 GovCon Honoree by OrangeSlices AI Great Falls, VA – Emerald One is thrilled to announce its recognition as one of OrangeSlices’ prestigious 2024 Elev8 GovCon honorees. This distinction underscores Emerald One's unwavering commitment to excellence in the Federal GovCon sector, reflecting the company’s dedication to delivering strategic [...]
Are You Successfully Communicating Your Organizational Purpose to Your Employees? Organizations with a purpose-driven culture leverage the human element of knowing one’s audience, learning what they are predisposed to, and developing a vision to stay ahead of the curve. According to Gallup, two in ten US employees feel connected to their company’s culture, [...]
Three Features of Influential Leaders Leadership is a commitment to lifelong learning and development. It can be easy to slip into a task-based mindset, becoming a senior manager rather than a true leader, but an engaged leader is the first and most critical component of organizational goal achievement and personal fulfillment. Emerald One’s Chief [...]
Stress Awareness: A Leader's Toolkit April is Stress Awareness Month, a time when we should take a moment to just understand how stress impacts our lives both personally and professionally. However, this is a mindfulness activity everyone should do every day. Leaders especially need to be aware of stress and how it affects [...]
How Values-Based Leadership Drives Performance By definition, values-based organizations are guided by a set of core values. These values are the foundation of why the organization exists and what purpose it serves. While many organizations claim to be values-based, there is often a disconnect between what they say and what they do. Perhaps [...]
Four Facets of Relationship Management for Federal IT Contractors The United States federal government relies heavily on government contractors. The most recent data shows that, since 1984, contractors comprise the largest segment of the federal workforce—between 30 and 40%. This reliance is due to several pressures: The federal government’s inordinately slow hiring process [...]
Looking Inward to Build a Strong Corporate Identity Today, most leaders understand the importance of having a strong corporate identity and strategic messaging. Doing so allows companies to stand out in a world where the average consumer is spoiled for choice, no matter what they are looking to buy. Where many leaders fall [...]
Adapting to Remote Work as a C-Suite Leader We are now intimately familiar with the concept of remote work. Pre-COVID, employers varied in their offerings of remote work—in some cases it was a regular occurrence, a special perk offered as a reward, and at some companies it was solely a contingency. Over the [...]
COVID-19 Challenges and Opportunities in the Virtual World By Ashton Blue, intern at Emerald One, LLC On March 13, 2020, we witnessed a challenge unlike any other. On that day, the first of many COVID-19 related state or local lockdowns were established in the United States. More followed, with the end result an [...]
CEO Blog: 5 Things Every Leader Must Be to Manage Remote Teams Working remotely drives a whole new level of requirements. While many look first to employees for adjustment, managers and leaders must adhere to a number of key tenets and best practices in order to ease the transformation to an organization with [...]
CEO Blog: Elements of Brilliance Over the last 35 years, I spent my time implementing some of the most complex projects. Many of them required a great deal of insight. Many of them required everything to work positively and perfectly. And many of them seemed almost impossible. Through all of this, I noticed [...]
Happy New Year, and Happy Launch Day! It’s 2020, a year that promises to be one of clear and focused vision, and we are thrilled to announce the launch of Emerald One, LLC and more thrilled that you’ve stopped by to experience part of the journey. While you’re here, please make sure you [...]
Time as a Resource Our CEO, LaVerne H. Council, blogs on LinkedIn! Make sure you take a moment and read her exploration of time as a leadership resource on LinkedIn’s Pulse.
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