One of the most effective ways to keep your company thriving is by keeping your employees happy. Rampant negativity costs the U.S. economy between $250 and $300 billion every year in lost productivity, according to Gallup. Moreover, a workplace survey conducted by the American Psychological Association shows that employees “who do not feel valued are significantly more Read More >
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The Top 6 Priorities for Managing Virtual Teams
Nearly 80 percent of employees surveyed for a recent Harvard Business Review article reported working remotely as part of a virtual team, a number that has skyrocketed in the face of recent technological advances. The modern geographically dispersed team (GDT) model allows companies to find the best talent, offer the job flexibility they’re seeking, and Read More >
10 Commandments of the CEO Role
Wondering if you’ve got what it takes to obtain or maintain the position of CEO? Any Google search for ‘traits of a great CEO’ will turn up hundreds, if not thousands, of results. Yet, it’s easy to see that the most reliable sources among them tend to have 6-10 themes, if you will, to the Read More >
Why Leaders Should Ask: “How’s My Driving?”
Have you ever seen a sticker on the back of a tractor-trailer rig that asks, “How’s my driving?” There’s a phone number just below that question you can use to call and report dangerous drivers, and even courteous or safe drivers. Asking for feedback as a C-suite executive is a lot like asking, “How’s my Read More >
10 Tips for Attracting and Keeping Top Talent
Make no mistake: your top-performing talent is aware of their value to the company. They also hold the company to a higher standard because they know they deserve it. Finding this sometimes-elusive talent—and keeping them—requires that senior leaders humanize their companies by investing empathy and communication, and a good deal of trust in the employees Read More >
5 People Skills That Contribute to Business Success
College interpersonal communications classes are usually a low-level undergraduate class full of rote textbook memorization, which is ironic because there are no actual interpersonal skills put into practice when you’re reading a book. As much as 80 percent of people working todaybelieve that a good relationship with the boss makes for a happy and productive workplace. Read More >
3 Ways to Effectively Gauge Leadership Performance
“Good leadership is hard to measure on a daily basis, which is why so many default to doing what’s easy to measure instead.” This quote, pulled from the Twitter feed of best selling leadership author and TED Talks speaker, Simon Sinek, gets to the heart of a real issue—when we can’t tell how well we’re Read More >
4 Reasons Performance Review Use is on the Decline
This just in: Companies are ditching performance reviews. This news comes from a recent study by the NeuroLeadership Institute, where analysts have been following the HR practices of 30 companies, representing 1.5 million employees, since 2011. And, they aren’t alone. Research from Bersin by Deloitte shows around 70 percent of companies now reconsidering their performance management Read More >
A 10-Step Action Plan for Managing Millennials
The face of the American workforce is getting younger. Millennials—born in the last quarter of the 20th Century—now comprise more than one-third of working-age people in the U.S.This generation cut their teeth on rapidly-advancing technology, financial prosperity, immediate gratification, and multi-culturalism. Here are the top 10 things you must know about managing Generation Y employees: They Read More >
Self Awareness and Lack Thereof in the C-Suite, Study Reveals
It may seem counter-intuitive to think that C-suite executives lack self-awareness, but that’s exactly what a recent Korn Ferry survey indicates is the most-coached leadership challenge in positions at the top. What’s important to understand is that self-awareness is a hair’s breadth away from Maslow’s self-actualization; it’s a top-tier skill that is light years more complicated than Read More >