“be Better” Tips for Everyone
Managing Work-Related Stress
by Sydney Tricaso Posted by Memorial Health | Posted in Expert Tips, Memorial Behavioral Health,Mental Health | Let’s face it, everyone experiences stress from time to time. Stress can come from anywhere. It could be caused by being late to meet a work deadline, arguing with your children or dealing with traffic. Instead of letting…
Read MoreDon’t Forget Where You Came From (But don’t you dare let it solely define you)
I recently sat down with Leadercast to discuss the concept of being a “visionary leader” the topic of their upcoming Leadercast Live event. Today I will join innovators such as Steve Wozniak, Nick Saban, CMDR Rorke Denver and many others to speak to over 100,000 leaders worldwide about the key characteristics of visionary leadership. In…
Read More5 Signs That You’re a Natural Born Salesperson by Adam Honig
Some people have to work hard to become great at sales, and to others it just seems to come naturally. It’s a common misconception that you’re either born to be a salesperson or you’re not, since most tactics that successful salespeople employ can be be taught (check out our enormous blog section for more on that).…
Read MoreThese Types Of People Never Succeed At Work
Experience and knowledge are rapidly losing their relevance to success in the workplace. Harvard economist David Deming studied workplace tasks from 1980 to the present day and found that those that emphasize social skills grew by a whopping 24%, while tasks requiring technical know-how and intelligence experienced little growth. Deming also found that salaries increased…
Read More4 Ways to Increase Patient Engagement and Satisfaction
By Antique Nguyen | Posted August 2, 2016 The competency to engage patients in their care is a major component to a healthcare organization’s long-term success. Regardless of how you feel about Meaningful Use or the Affordable Care Act, it’s critical to understand the success of these new models is conditional on two important measurements:…
Read MoreCaution – How Complaining Rewires Your Brain for Negativity
Research shows that most people complain once a minute during a typical conversation. Complaining is tempting because it feels good, but like many other things that are enjoyable—such as smoking or eating a pound of bacon for breakfast—complaining isn’t good for you. Your brain loves efficiency and doesn’t like to work any harder than it…
Read MoreGE’s CEO Jeff Immelt is right. All new employees should learn how to code
GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt has a plan for new young hires — they are going to learn to code. This is just one of Immelt’s initiatives to drive innovation for the 124-year-old company. “If you are joining the company in your 20s, unlike when I joined, you’re going to learn to code, Immelt wrote in…
Read MoreParadoxical Habits of Wildly Successful People
You know what they say about opinions—everybody has one. If you want to see that truth in action, just Google “characteristics of successful people.” Some of the results will undoubtedly point to the famous Marshmallow Study at Stanford, which demonstrated that the ability to delay gratification is a key component of success. But that’s far…
Read More7 Ways To Sound, Look And Feel More Powerful At Work
I’m going to give it to you straight: You’re probably not being assertive enough at work. But don’t get down on yourself. It’s because you’re conditioned and discouraged not to be. Just type “women” and “assertive” into a search engine and you’ll find one piece of research after the next showing that when women are…
Read MoreFrustrated at Work? Here’s an Antidote
By Jack and Suzy Welch You’re out having lunch at your favorite pizza spot, sitting around with your colleagues, and the hot topic of the day is the new evaluation system at work. You hate it. It’s all a bunch of bureaucratic phoniness. At last week’s lunch, it was the strategic planning process. All chart-making,…
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