Marc Effron, President, Talent Strategy Group It may seem challenging to extract even higher performance from your already driven and overworked team, but science suggests that even hard-working leaders leave significant performance “on the table.” The good news is higher performance doesn’t require that you embrace another new management fad. The boost happens when you […]
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Years ago, I worked for a boss who would have told you how much he admired, encouraged, and inspired discretionary effort. And he would have been wrong on all counts. However, he would have also told you that he went to great lengths to hire highly motivated people who would ensure his success as a
Mostafa Sayyadi, Author, Transformational Leadership: How To Prosper as a Leader In Today’s Hypercompetitive Environment “A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.” — Nelson Mandela The business environment is constantly changing as organizations
Camille Preston, CEO and Founder, AIM Leadership Most leaders already know that amazing feeling of being in the zone, or in flow. What many leaders don’t know is how to generate that feeling more often and help others do the same. The concept of flow was first studied by University of Chicago psychology professor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi over
Hal Rosenbluth, Chairman & CEO, New Ocean Health Solutions Face it, we’re all going to die; it’s just a matter of when. Given that fact, you’d think we’d do a lot better job to ensure that while we live, we do our best to enjoy life as healthy and happy individuals. So, do we? And equally important,
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Linda Adams, Partner, The Trispective Group Have you ever grabbed a coffee with a friend and listened to her rave about her colleagues, and then wondered what you would say when she asks you how things are going with your job? Ever looked around your own organization and wondered why some teams work so well together
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Linda Adams, Abby Curnow-Chavez, Audrey Epstein and Rebecca Teasdale For executives, directors, and anyone who leads a team, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that no matter how dysfunctional your team is today, there is hope. Any team can become an extraordinary team. And the bad news? If your team
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Trevor Throness, Author, The Power Of People Skills: How to Eliminate 90% of Your HR Problems and Dramatically Increase Team and Company Morale and Performance My adolescent/young adult years were spent working in farming and construction. I can’t say that I ever noticed any reticence by bosses in these industries to confront underperformance. Quite the opposite in fact. Immediate,
Doug Sharp, President, Americas Corporate Solutions, JLL Three Ways to Improve Employee Engagement and Productivity Do your employees feel inspired to show up and give their best, or are they sending an S.O.S.? Mounting evidence demonstrates the real financial impact that employee engagement has on companies. Gallup research indicates that highly engaged business units experienced
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Dave Crenshaw, Author, The Power of Having Fun How would you describe your company culture? It’s such a hard question to answer for many executives because it may not be clearly defined—or worse—it’s the typical corporate office “blah” feeling. The feeling that causes employees to put their heads down and count down each second before
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