“be Better” Tips for Everyone

By Nicholas Pearce – Harvard Business Review Having a great boss is a potentially life-changing gift. On the other hand, many of us know firsthand that having a bad boss can cause a lot of drama, headaches, and stress. While it’s easy to love the great bosses and flee the bad ones, there’s one kind…

By Liz Alton – ADP How can you help your employees beat the potential for procrastination? The leader of every organization has more than likely wondered at some point how to beat procrastination — not just within their organizations, but personally as well. In “Eat That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get…

By Lindsay Dodgson – theLadders Narcissists can be difficult to spot, especially if they are older and more sophisticated. Over time, they learn how to optimally manipulate their victims, and get by with their schemes without anyone questioning them. What makes it even more confusing is that they don’t all act the same way. Certain…

By Dede Henley – Forbes Working a 70-hour week isn’t cool. It means that you have sacrificed something important – exercise, time with family, downtime. I cringe when a client tells me they work a 60- to 70-hour workweek. Overwork can take a toll on you in ways you may not even realize. I’m not…

By Jeff Boss – Forbes High achievers are comfortable being uncomfortable. It takes a high threshold of guts, smarts and heart to press on when others quit. Some people get it. They understand that life isn’t a straight line and when they’re stuck in a rut, they’re gritty enough to weather the storm of uncertainty…

By APost   For 75% of Americans, bosses are a major cause of stress at work. A Linkedin article published by Quartz magazine reveals that a bad boss can be as harmful to employees as passive smoking. The article also says that the longer you stay in a job working for someone who stresses you,…

By Michael Heller – Social Hire Without the right plan in place, performance management can be quite the bear to tackle. Studies by Deloitte report 75% of organizations believed performance management was a key issue in their organization, and 89% were either in the process of changing their system or were planning to do so within the…

By T Paul Thomas – LinkedIn Flagstaff Business News – Ask the CEO – May 2018 – T Paul Thomas Managing is truly one of the hardest responsibilities of any executive, regardless of whether the number of employees is one or 1,001. Throughout my career I have witnessed awesome examples of management, while also seeing truly horrible managers.…

By Prudy Gourguechon – Forbes   On the surface, a business can seem to be about profits, strategies, products, innovations, capital, investments—all the processes and goals of an operation.  But behind all those core components of an ongoing enterprise are individuals in relationship with one another, trying to think, create, make decisions and make things…

By Graham Templeton – BOOST ADP Workplace culture is one of the most powerful factors affecting employee retention — and that’s great news for managers and HR professionals. According to “Fixing the Talent Management Disconnect,” a new research study conducted by the ADP Research Institute®, positively influencing retention requires a detailed understanding of that workforce’s…