How to Handle Negative Comments
While you will encounter negative comments in your work life, are you paying too much attention to them? Sometimes, we magnify one remark and give it more authority than it [...]
Nov, 19
2018
Nov, 12
2018
Making Smart Decisions
When it comes to making smart decisions, you may want to spend more time thinking about your options. Sometimes a choice is easy but how you get it done makes [...]
Nov, 5
2018
Year-End Productivity Plan
Reaching your goals for this year may require you to create a year-end productivity plan. This is designed to help focus you and your team for the final weeks of [...]
Oct, 29
2018
Top Issues Causing Workplace Stress Survey
A new workplace stress survey should motivate leaders to talk more to their employees. The study, HR Blindspot Report 2018, comes from HR.com, Ipsos, and League Inc. It was designed [...]
Oct, 22
2018
Looking for Problems vs. Looking for Affirmation
When you’re looking for problems, you may discover things you don’t like. That’s the downside and it’s not fun realizing you may need to work on improving. The advantage to [...]
Oct, 15
2018
How Do Leaders Get Better?
From time to time, people ask me, “How do leaders get better?” The answer can’t be explained or demonstrated quickly, like a magic trick. Instead, it involves an ongoing commitment [...]
Oct, 8
2018
How Do You Train Employees When You’re Busy?
Many successful organizations struggle with how to train employees when things are busy. These businesses have well defined processes and procedures but time may be in short supply. The longer [...]
Oct, 1
2018
Do Your Employees Overwhelm You with Email?
If you’re a leader, you know often your employees overwhelm you with email. You’ve made it known that you want updates on projects and want to answer questions. You see [...]
Sep, 24
2018
Coaching Your Team at Work
Successfully coaching your team at work may require you to teach people things in different ways. When it comes to introducing a new idea or providing feedback, we tend to [...]
Sep, 17
2018
Schedule Your Goals
If you don’t make an effort to schedule your goals, then is it any surprise you’re not making progress on them? These goals represent big picture items and top priorities. [...]