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Five 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 you leverage your people’s social and psychological needs to … Continue reading
Posted in communication, Leadership Skills
Tagged appreciation, belonging, employee engagement, feedback, inclusion at work, morale, motivating workers, productivity, psychological needs, recognition, responsibility, self-reliance
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Why 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 more? Creating a feeling of celebration helps meet people’s needs for inclusion, innovation, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Skills
Tagged appreciation, effective communication, employee engagement, Leadership, productivity, reality, the caring effect
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Ouch! 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: 29%.) ” The bulk of … Continue reading
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Tagged anyone can be an ally video, daniel pink, dis-engaged workers, discrimination video, gallup, Motivation, Ouch video, prevent sexual discrimination, productivity, respect, workplace
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Three 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 budget constraints. Twitter can help you overcome these three challenges, … Continue reading
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Tagged goals, productivity, steve ballmer, stress, Time Management, Twitter
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What’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 Bock, President and CEO of Fierce, Inc, recently wrote about why honesty … Continue reading
Posted in communication, IN, Leadership Skills
Tagged candor, collaboration, confrontation, effective communication, feedback, fraud, Halley Bock, misconduct, open communication, productivity, sugarcoat, terminal niceness
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9 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 it, just get … Continue reading
Posted in communication, HR, leadership, teams
Tagged accountability, ambiguity, candor, collaboration, conflict, contribution, conversation, conversations, courage, courageous questions, creativity, curiosity, denial, false assumptions, imagination, innovation, intimidation, language, living in denial, management style, productivity, self talk, self-fulfillment, tension, transparency, words
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Is 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 (Richard Branson for one) is going backwards to a time where employees need to be micro-managed … Continue reading
Accountability 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 conference having four divisions–North, South, East, and … Continue reading
Posted in HR, Innovation, leadership, Leadership Skills
Tagged accountability, discipline, effort, fear, greed, hardship, honor, human nature, human performance, inertia, laziness, military leadership, pain, pride, productivity, responsibility, selfishness, superbowl
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All 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 those great data points. Watch this … Continue reading
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 a loving family, build a fast growth … Continue reading