Protecting and Managing Your Most Precious Asset
There’s probably nothing more valuable than time. We’re given a set amount of “pieces” or tools that we can use to accomplish goals. The one limiting factor will be time. Our goal could be to create...
View ArticleAll Hail to Data! But, Are We Using It Wisely?
We’re hearing a lot about data these days. It’s being heralded as the objective, predictive way to source great talent and boost productivity. But, the trick is to draw the right conclusions from all...
View ArticleAccountability and Its Effect on Laziness
by Lee Ellis We just experienced Superbowl XLVII (that’s 47 for all of you that missed “old math” with Roman numerals). Thirty-two teams started the season (sixteen NFC and sixteen AFC with each...
View ArticleIs Yahoo Showing Ineffective Leadership by Banning Telecommuting?
Yahoo!’s recent announcement to ban telecommuting raises issues around good management skills, technology use, employee motivation and productivity. Some would argue that a ban on telecommuting...
View Article9 Powerful Courageous Leadership Questions You Want to Ask
by Sandra Ford Walston “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” This time-worn saying is false. For example, “a stone is thrown” when someone says, “I don’t care how you do...
View ArticleWhat’s Honesty Got to Do with Business Performance?
It isn’t just brilliance, or hard work, or innovation that determines if a business is successful–although surely those factors help. No. The secret to optimal performance is…drumroll…honesty. Halley...
View ArticleThree Twitter Tips for HR Personal Development
As learning and development practitioners, we are expected to develop others in our organizations. But so often, our own professional development is put aside – whether due to time, thin resources or...
View ArticleOuch! Why Those Precious Few Engaged Workers Leave
The latest Gallup poll (October 2013) on the State of the Global workplace shows only 13% of the worldwide workforce is engaged. (The U.S. and Canada has the highest number of engaged workers:...
View ArticleWhy the Need for Celebration is Greater Than Safety
by Judith E. Glaser Great leaders identify, measure, recognize, and reward meaningful efforts and achievements—and celebrate often with the people involved. Why should managers and leaders celebrate...
View ArticleFive Effective Communication and Leadership Skills
by Judith E. Glaser The Caring Effect… Take Five Steps Forward All people have deep-seated needs for meaning, purpose, connection, and inclusion that they want—and expect—to fulfill at work. How can...
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