“be Better” Tips for Everyone

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…

By Jane Burnett – theLadders   When a bunch of people work together in a shared space, team dynamics can shift at the drop of a hat because of one person’s behavior. That being said, here’s roundup of seven ways you could be annoying your colleagues, even if no one’s told you yet. Not responding to…

By Linda Le Phan – theLadders   We all want to be compensated well at our jobs. But, as we covered in our previous post, work can make us miserable even with a fat paycheck. There are workplace situations that, for some, come by so rarely that they are worth their weight in gold, and…

By Jerry Weissman – Forbes When business people hear “Let’s schedule a meeting,” they react the same as they would when they hear “Let’s schedule a root canal.” Meetings have long been—and continue to be—the Bermuda Triangle of business. In 2004, Patrick Lencioni offered his advice to make meetings more productive in his bestselling book, Death…

By Cassandra Frangos – Forbes The majority of executives I meet and coach have reached the C-suite in one of two typical ways. The first, internal promotion, has forever been the most common path to the top team. (Insiders account for 77% of all CEOs appointed as part of planned successions between 2012 and 2015.) The second…