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Want A More Satisfying Career? Become A Mentor
If you’re not currently mentoring someone, it’s time to ask yourself: “Why not?” You may feel you don’t have anything to share as you’re not experienced enough or considered a tenured professional. Maybe you don’t know who would be a … Continue reading
Posted in Career Success, Dealing with People, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Development, Employee Onboarding, Generational Management, Generational Training, Human Resources, Interpersonal, Leadership, Leadership Basics, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Mentoring, New Hires, Organization, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Team Building, Thought Leadership, Training & Development
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7 Management Practices That Can Improve Employee Productivity
All companies want to improve employee productivity, but how often do they examine their own management practices as a means of attaining it? Studies consistently show that a disturbingly high number of non-management employees are disengaged, not working at full productive … Continue reading
Posted in Active Listening, Career Success, Coaching, Communication, Creative Leadership, Dealing with People, Delegation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Development, Generational Management, Generational Training, Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership Basics, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Mentoring, New Hires, Organization, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Team Building, Thought Leadership, Training & Development
Tagged economic incentives, employee productivity, non-management employees
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Why Most Leaders Need to Shut Up and Listen
While some may be impressed with how well you speak, the right people will be impressed with how well you listen. Great leaders are great listeners, and therefore my message today is a simple one – talk less and listen … Continue reading
Posted in Active Listening, Career Success, Communication, Dealing with People, Employee Development, Human Resources, Interpersonal, Leadership, Leadership Basics, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Organization, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Training & Development
Tagged active listening, communication, opportunity
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Is Your Self-Esteem on Life Support?
Many of the courses I teach for SkillPath have audiences filled with people, predominantly women who suffer from let’s call it “need-to-please-itis”. We were all taught as children to say thank you and please, if you can’t say something nice … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Communication, Customized Training, Dealing with People, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Development, Generational Management, Human Resources, Interpersonal, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mentoring, Organization, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Team Building, Training & Development
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Breaking Bad Communication Habits
Communication is an area that we can forever improve on and it’s an important area for anyone interested in personal development. Habits are often harmful and promote bad communication styles. Most of us are trained to be advocates in our … Continue reading
Posted in Active Listening, Career Success, Communication, Customer Service, Customized Training, Dealing with People, Delegation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Development, Human Resources, Interpersonal, Leadership, Management, Mentoring, New Hires, Organization, Supervisor, Team Building, Training & Development
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The Difference Between Managerial Functions & Managerial Skills
Managerial functions refer to the different roles and responsibilities of managers, who need certain skills to execute these functions. Small businesses, especially start-up companies, may not have the resources to hire managers for each of their functional and product areas. … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Communication, Creative Leadership, Customer Service, Dealing with People, Delegation, Employee Development, Generational Management, Human Resources, Inspiration, Interpersonal, Leadership, Leadership Basics, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Mentoring, New Hires, Organization, Personal Achievement, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Team Building, Training & Development
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The Criteria for Picking a Leader
President John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Some leaders, like the ones Adams describes, rise naturally to the top, while others must … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Leadership, Customized Training, Dealing with People, Delegation, Employee Development, Employee Onboarding, Generational Management, Generational Training, Human Resources, Inspiration, Interpersonal, Leadership, Leadership Basics, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Mentoring, New Hires, Organization, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Team Building, Training & Development
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Performance Management or Shared Leadership
In my previous blog The Real Duck Dynasty I wrote about the role of organizational hierarchy and its facilitation of duck quacking among team members and respective stakeholders. More specifically I shared the negative impact on morale, productivity, poor customer service and … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Communication, Creative Leadership, Customized Training, Dealing with People, Delegation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Development, Employee Onboarding, Generational Management, Generational Training, Human Resources, Inspiration, Interpersonal, Leadership, Leadership Basics, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Mentoring, New Hires, Organization, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Team Building, Training & Development
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Are Your Employees Engaged?
Want to know how committed your employees are? The real test of employee engagement, says serial entrepreneur and author Kevin Kruse, is “discretionary effort.” Connecting through the Miami airport last October, Kruse – author of the new Employee Engagement 2.0: How to … Continue reading
Posted in Career Success, Coaching, Communication, Creative Leadership, Customized Training, Dealing with People, Delegation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Development, Generational Training, Human Resources, Inspiration, Leadership, Leadership Basics, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Mentoring, New Hires, Organization, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Team Building, Training & Development
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Leaders, Open Your Hearts
“The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.”—Marian Anderson Do you care about me? This is what people want to know when they work for you. … Continue reading
Posted in Career Success, Coaching, Creative Leadership, Customized Training, Dealing with People, Delegation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Development, Generational Management, Generational Training, Human Resources, Inspiration, Interpersonal, Leadership, Leadership Basics, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Mentoring, New Hires, Organization, Positive Leadership, Supervisor, Team Building, Training & Development
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