“be Better” Tips for Everyone
5 Critical Choices You Must Make Every Day At Work
The workplace is evolving and your success is highly dependent upon the choices you make to influence its future – and equally your own. As the marketplace changes faster than ever before, organizations and their brands are attempting to reinvent themselves to stay relevant – before their competitors pass them by. The speed of change…
Read More12 Leadership Mistakes Good Bosses Avoid
Good bosses approach their leadership positions with the best of intentions to do the right things. But mastery requires avoiding mistakes whenever possible as well. If you’re in a leadership position — at any level of the company — you can improve your leadership skills by watching out for these 12 mistakes to avoid: Being…
Read More7 Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence Is One Of The Fastest-Growing Job Skills
According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, emotional intelligence will be one of the top 10 job skills in 2020. The awareness that emotional intelligence is an important job skill, in some cases even surpassing technical ability, has been growing in recent years. In a 2011 Career Builder Survey of more than…
Read MoreCan I Get Fired For Doing My Job Too Well?
Dear Liz, I am going through a difficult period at my job. I was hired a year ago to launch a National Accounts program and that program is going really well. The company overall earned $72 million in revenue in 2015 and our national accounts were responsible for $19 million of that sum so the…
Read MoreTrying To Change Someone’s Mind Is Hopeless–Do This Instead
For years (and years and years), physicians treated stomach ulcers by telling their patients to avoid spicy foods and stressful situations. The result? People with ulcers were transformed into people with bland diets, boring lives, and ulcers. It was later discovered that the conventional wisdom about the cause of ulcers was simply hogwash. Australian researchers…
Read More7 Traits of OVER ACHIEVING TEAMS!!!
According to Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends 2016, “A new organizational model is on the rise: a “network of teams” in which companies build and empower teams to work on specific business projects and challenges. These networks are aligned and coordinated with operations and information centers similar to command centers in the military.” The “military”? Are…
Read More10 Signs You’re Burning Out (And How To Stop It)
Even the best jobs can lead to burnout. The harder you work and the more motivated you are to succeed, the easier it is to get in over your head. The prevalence of burnout is increasing as technology further blurs the line between work and home. New research from the American Psychological Association and the…
Read MoreAre Leaders Born or Made? Here’s What’s Coachable — and What’s Definitely Not.
For some people, the question of whether leaders are born or made is truly intellectual – fodder for a good classroom or dinner party debate. But for people in front-line positions to hire, promote, and fire, the question, “Who has the right stuff to lead?” definitely has more urgency. Getting the answer right can drive…
Read MoreYour Choice: Complain or be Proactive
Healthcare, and especially long-term care, can be a rather difficult place to work these days. Leaders have been inundated with multiple changes and new regulations, including requirements for additional electronic connectivity and software, while at the same time dealing with declining reimbursement. In addition, goals and mandates exist for new transitional care and “partnerships” with…
Read More10 Surprising Keys to Strategic Thinking for Health Care CEOs
When thinking about strategy, a leader needs to focus on value and differentiation — not being big and bold. n the midst of a strategic planning project or shortly after it’s concluded, it’s not unusual for me to get a phone call from a CEO with an important question. Over the past 30 years,…
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