July 2017
Why Do Employees Quit Their Managers? Here’s the No. 1 Reason in a Short Sentence
Reversing this problem is so simple, and yet it’s so hard to find in most managers. It’s because the people charged with ensuring their su..
8 Ted Talks On Work-Life Balance You Need To Hear
These Ted Talks will help you get closer to your own definition of work-life balance and give you some practical tools to begin working to..
Be Vulnerable, Enhance Team Trust
Team effectiveness depends on the team members. Therefore, by bringing the best of the team members together into action, one can ultimate..
How to Fix a Struggling Team
The natural question is why some teams perform better than others, and how to improve the performance of those that are struggling.
What Really Motivates Employees (Hint: It’s not carrots or sticks)
Despite overwhelming evidence that traditional methods including a carrot (reward) and stick (reprimand) approach is not effective, an inc..
The Problem with Being a Top Performer
Research demonstrates the ways coworkers punish star employees.
Five Lines Employees Give When Joyfully Leaving Their Companies
Here are five lines employees give when joyfully leaving their companies. Be prepared to dig deeper if an employee gives you one of these ..
Want a Culture that Will Last 100 Years? Follow These Rules
Over time, excessive focus on innovation and speed at the expense of the people that are supposed to make it all happen has a way of catch..
A Study Shows How to Find New Ideas Inside and Outside the Company
Bill Joy, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, was famous for saying, “Not all smart people work for you.”
The Science Behind Stories and Anecdotes
Personally, things resonate with me on a different level when there is a story connected. I can feel it on an emotional level, not only wi..