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by Dan Oswald I must say, I’m marveling at the three-ring circus the Republican primary has become. P.T. Barnum, the famous American showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, has been credited with saying, “If you want to draw a crowd, start a fight.” Well, it seems that Donald Trump is a student […]
HR experts emphasize the role of employee engagement in creating and maintaining a productive workforce. But, what does engagement really mean? And, more importantly, how can you drive it? Vip Sandhir, CEO and founder of HighGround®, has answered a list of commonly asked questions on employee engagement. Q. Why is employee engagement such a large […]
By Doug Upchurch, Insights Learning and Development In this new Millennial world, we’ve learned that people, teams, and leaders are all much more complex than that. There is no production line which spits out excellent leaders, just as there is no cookie cutter which will provide you with a team of identical, indistinguishable workers.
by Shawn Murphy No organization is perfect, but there are most likely “pockets of excellence” at your company. These are the employees or departments that stand out among the rest. How can you foster these pockets of excellence and help them spread throughout the business?
by Lynda Silsbee In yesterday’s Advisor, Lynda Silsbee, SPHR, presented a few leadership lessons from the Seattle Seahawks. Today, Silsbee discusses how to bring your team together as well as the importance of regular “practices.”
by Lynda Silsbee The success of the Seattle Seahawks can teach business leaders a great deal about leadership, teamwork, and alignment. To demonstrate how, we present an article by Lynda Silsbee, SPHR, founder and principal consultant at Performance Dimensions Group, a boutique consulting group that provides the resources and skills to nurture organizations along the […]
by Edward G. Brown In yesterday’s Advisor, Edward G. Brown discussed the importance of training managers to overcome their fear by using courage as a third-space skill in the workplace. Today, Brown shares five ways to do just that.
by Edward G. Brown Fear is a crippling emotion, both in life and in the workplace. Edward G. Brown, author of The Time Bandit Solution: Recovering Stolen Time You Never Knew You Had and cofounder of Cohen Brown Management Group, explains how fear is detrimental to proper management—and courage, like any other skill, needs to […]
by Dan Oswald National Car Rental’s new commercial asks, “What’s it like to be the boss of you?” And it also answers the question: “Pretty great.” The actor in the commercial, Patrick Warburton, then negotiates a 20 percent raise for himself with himself. If only life were that easy! But I like the question the […]
Sixty-five percent of employees would rather have a new boss than a pay increase because of their dissatisfaction with the workplace. The workplace is going through an identity crisis. On the one hand, it wants to hang on to the traditional mindset that has helped build powerful businesses. Yet, there is plenty of evidence showing […]