Piyush Patel, Author, Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work: An Enterpreneur’s Guide to Creating a Culture That Matters After almost a year of hard work and plenty of late nights, my team at Digital-Tutors launched a greatly overhauled version 2.0 of our online training platform in early 2010—about a year before Netflix made online video […]
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Andy Lothian, CEO, Insights Learning and Development According to today’s business experts, the less tangible qualities of ‘soft skills’ do not make them less important. In a recent article Seth Godin argues the term ‘soft’ makes it easy for “us to move onto something seemingly more urgent.” He suggests we call them ‘real skills’, not ‘soft’. In
Cornelia Gamlem & Barbara Mitchell, Authors, The Big Book of HR Anyone who manages people in today’s challenging world knows that it doesn’t get easier – just more complicated and, for that matter, more interesting. The Big Book of HR has been revised and expanded to reflect some of the new realities leaders and managers face.
Russ Riendeau, PhD, Partner, Jobplex Labor markets are as tight. Talent wars are in full regalia and you’re top employee just gave you the “Hey, boss, can I talk to you for a minute” request, as they lean in your office, holding themselves by one hand behind your door frame. You know what’s coming: They are
Stacey Engle, Senior Vice President, Fierce, Inc. Significant events over the past year—including the presidential election, the ever-growing millennial workforce and key technological advancements—have brought to light a number of issues. These events have created tension and given rise to new demands in the workplace. Although 2016 is behind us, the wake of the past year’s
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Dr. Jim Harter, Gallup Understanding and focusing on individuals’ talents and strengths helps people unlock their true potential. We succeed when we spend more time doing what we’re best at, and companies struggling with productivity issues should consider adopting what we refer to as strengths-based management. In the new edition of its best-selling management book,
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William Dann, Founder & President, Professional Growth Systems, LLC, Popular organizational development literature is filled with articles about how the millennial generation is compelling managers and theorists to re-examine management practices. Annual Gallup surveys have consistently shown that only one-third of workers are “engaged in their jobs.” Gallup defines engaged employees as “those who are involved
David Ossip, CEO of Ceridian Success comes from culture When I first walked in to our head office in Minneapolis – a beautiful building, with a welcoming reception desk – my first thought was “Oh my, I don’t think I’m going to be allowed into the building.” Hanging behind reception were large flat-screen televisions, one
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Karin Hurt and David Dye, Co-authors, Winning Well Have you ever witnessed the exuberant celebration during an employee-recognition event when a name is called and the whole audience seems to scream, “Yes!”? People rise to their feet. It’s high fives the whole way back from the stage. There’s a certain magic that fills the room
Mike Figliuolo, Co-author of Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results “Steamroller” personalities can be caustic. They get results but at the expense of relationships and morale. Sometimes they’re outright aggressive and roll over people. Other times they’re passive aggressive and get results with no regard for the emotional
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