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Do you question your own leadership?
Your company has just had a senior level position open up and with a company of only 25 people there was no clear successor. Well congratulations it goes to you! If you were in this scenario right now it would be a lot to take in. Realizing that you are an entry...
Assessing Employee Performance vs. Potential
Performance and potential, are they dependent on one another? One might say that it is your past performances that will influence your future potential, but then how do you account for growth? The Performance and Potential Matrix is a tool that can be used by any...
Social Intelligence versus Emotional Intelligence, A Leader Needs Both
In past posts, I have discussed the value of emotional intelligence, commonly called EQ or EI. Daniel Goleman developed a theory of emotional intelligence in the mid-1990s, and it’s applicable for both education and business. People with a high EQ are: self-aware,...
Is Peer Learning Part of Your Team Learning?
Classrooms may be a more familiar ground for the term ‘peer learning’, where the concept has had nearly a century to develop and evolve. With peer learning students will, either through structured classroom time or in groups use their understanding of a topic to help...
How Leaders Can Identify Behaviors That Lead to Workplace Conflict
When two employees in your office are screaming and throwing staplers at each other, conflict is obvious. But how can you, as a leader, identify behaviors that lead to conflict before things get out of control? “Most people who act out violently at work indicate...
Talent Derailed
What is a leader to do when one of their top team members starts to fade? What happens with high potentials that lose their shine? In my experience this can happen from time to time. And, with a strong development plan and coaching it is often a situation that can be...