Here are some of my favorite change quotes: Changing things is central to leadership. If you are a leader, you will continually deal with change…because you are trying to convince people to go forward and to go forward means there is movement and whenever there is movement there is change. Leaders have to get their …
Have you ever had somebody on your team that’s withdrawn or someone whose performance has dropped and you just know that there is something going on? Isn’t that one of the most frustrating things we deal with as leaders? If our employees would just tell us the problem, we could fix it and help improve …
Author: Steve Deighton Take a moment and imagine a thousand years from now, presuming humans are still around (and I’m not entirely sold on that being the case). A future archeologist is at a dig site which is your present day work space. What will they find that would be significant? Will they be able …
By Sally Ann Moyer Many of us grew up with the age-old adage of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” We’re taught to see past the surface level and look for beauty beyond skin deep. However, our initial judgments often ignore pleasantries when evaluating first impressions. It’s part of why dress codes are important …
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By Jaylyn Schumpert Contributing author: Deiric McCann I guarantee that this is the most important article you’ll ever read. Here you’ll discover new ideas that have been proven to save time and energy – oh, and make money. What you’ll love about these proven new ideas is that they are so easy to understand and …
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By Sarah Watson Contributing author: Deiric McCann How many times have you been introduced to someone new and just seconds later when it comes time to introduce them to someone else you’ve forgotten their name? It’s embarrassing, to say the least. It can also make you look unprofessional and uninterested. All it takes is a little extra …
By Sarah Watson In a recent article by Vanity Fair, Microsoft’s recent failures were linked to a destructive management technique called stack ranking. Stack ranking is a performance measurement system that, in Vanity Fair’s words, “forces every unit to declare a certain percentage of employees as top performers, good performers, average, and poor.” It doesn’t …
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By Sarah Watson It’s inevitable, if you put a group of people in close proximity for 40 hours a week, there’s a high possibility that there’s going to be some conflict. Some disagreement at work is a good thing. It shows that there is healthy and open discussion, and that employees are not afraid to …
