# Bridge Blog

## [Before They Quit, They Quit](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/they-quit-they-quit/)

It was a summer day in 2010, I'm sitting at a conference table in Houston at a client meeting. On a break, I check my phone for messages. There is a text for me to call the office as soon as possible. One of the people on my team has left his ID badge on…

## [Want to Achieve Something Big, Be SMART About It](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/want-to-achieve-something-big-be-smart-about-it/)

“30 seconds!” I’m on a couch made to promote good posture, not comfort. The lights are bright, the room seems bigger than it needs to be, and it’s cold in here. I’d always heard about the hot lights, what’s going on? There are two television cameras, one directed at me, the other directed at Samantha,…

## [Employee Driven Careers: “Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You”](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/employee-driven-careers-be-so-good-they-cant-ignore-you/)

This advice from comedian, actor, screenplay writer, banjo master, Steve Martin is his response over the years whenever he’s asked, “How do you make it in show business? He goes on, “If somebody’s thinking, ‘How can I be really good?’ people are going to come to you.” It seems like great advice to me. The…

## [31 Activities To Get The Most Out Of Mental Health Month](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/31-activities-get-most-out-mental-health-month/)

Welcome to May (I think, I’m never quite sure anymore). We’ve been practicing social distancing and isolation for a couple months now, but the days and weeks seem to blend together as we all feel the toll of the coronavirus in different ways. I think back to the last time I was on a plane…

## [The 5 Most Important Skills for Healthcare Leaders](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/talent-mobility/5-most-important-skills-healthcare-leaders/)

Successful healthcare leaders need clinical skills, business competencies, and interpersonal or soft skills to guide their organizations to success. But which skills are the real must-haves when developing or recruiting leaders to manage healthcare organizations and teams? In this article, we outline the five skills that are considered to be the most important for healthcare leaders, based…

## [“I’m Not Wearing Pants Today”: The Official Working From Home Activity Book](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/im-not-wearing-pants-today-official-working-home-activity-book/)

Business on top, quarantine on the bottom.  If this describes your current attire, then this activity book might be for you. Why? Because we all need a break from, well, work. We get it, working from home can be rough, like sand stuck in your shoes after a day at the beach rough, it wears…

## [In the Office or at Home, People Still Matter Most](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/office-or-home-people-still-matter-most/)

Weird.  It’s the one word that keeps coming to my mind to describe the current situation. It’s just weird. I’m someone who does well with structure. I like the flow of a normal day and find satisfaction of accomplishment and getting better within that structure.  Get up. Work out. Eat breakfast. Check the news. Check…

## [Why is Talent Development Important?](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/why-talent-development-important/)

What is Talent Development? Your employees are truly your most valuable asset, but how can you develop their talent and help them be satisfied in their roles? How can you invest in your employees and lower the chances of them leaving for other opportunities? Talent development may seem self-explanatory, but many organizations struggle with it. Others are nervous…

## [Customer Q & A: How Can Companies Best Support Career Development for Their Employees?](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/customer-q-and-a-how-can-companies-best-support-career-development-for-their-employees/)

Happy National Career Development Month! Throughout the month of November, companies and employees around the nation are celebrating career-related activities. Research shows that one-third of employees leave their job because they crave more career development opportunities, and their just not seeing their organization's performance management system working for them. We asked a few of our…

## [The Power of Storytelling in eLearning](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/the-power-of-storytelling-in-elearning/)

Most people have words they don’t like. For me, it’s office jargon like ‘bandwidth, ‘blue sky thinking’ or ‘pinging’ emails. For my brother, the most irritating word in the world is ‘delightful’. Years ago, he worked at an estate agency where ‘delightful’ was seriously overused; it featured in every advert and every property description. It…

## [Learn in the Flow of Work with Bridge and Slack](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/integration/learn-flow-work-bridge-and-slack/)

On October 22, I was part of a panel discussion at Slack’s Spec conference in San Francisco, where I talked about how we used their new features to make Bridge more available in the flow of work. In their opening keynote, Slack presented a live demo of Bridge Slack app to showcase these new capabilities. …

## [6 Employee Development Best Practices Webinar Recap](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/6-employee-development-best-practices-webinar-recap/)

Last week, I had the opportunity to host a webinar with ATD focused on deepening the employee experience. As attendees signed up for the webinar, they were polled on two questions: Is employee development a strategic goal for you? 89.5% said yes. What‘s most important to you at work? Growth opportunities and a clear career path were…