One of the talks that I deliver is titled “The Silly Putty School of Leadership”. This had it’s birth in a summary that I sometimes do for the session of the Dale Carnegie Course on building flexibility. The flexibility drills in our course are challenging. These drills are designed to pull individuals out of their…
Take an interest in your team to improve engagement
As a leader at your business, you have considerable impact on employee engagement, and whether that engagement remains sustained or not. Because employee engagement is so critical to the success of your business, affecting such areas as communication, development, contribution and employee morale, it becomes a necessary responsibility for all leaders. Businesses with engaged employees benefit…
Have employee do self-evaluation before performance review
Typically, many managers do not enjoy conducting employee performance reviews, and to make matters worse, do not know the proper techniques for getting a review done properly. Ultimately, performance reviews are an extremely useful tool for both employee and employer. Employees are able to gain insight on where they stand in the eyes of their manager,…
Avoid conflict, get out of the office to reduce stress at work
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series of two articles about reducing stress at work. We’d all like to reduce our level of stress at work. But it’s easier said than done, right? We recently gave you a few tips for making strides toward doing that very thing, and today we’d…