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Effective Performance Feedback Reduces Fear for Business Leaders and Employees
Fear surrounds the idea of performance feedback: leaders are scared about how the receiver will react and employees are afraid of what their bosses will say about them and what impact this will have on their job. Two of our innate fears—rejection and the unknown—...
3 Steps to Give Your New Hires a Terrible, That’s Right, Terrible Onboarding Experience
Do you want to make sure that your new employees are dazed and confused from day one? Do you know the secret to keeping them from ever reaching the heights of mediocrity, let alone actual success? Do you like having a high rate of turnover on your staff, making every...
Wellness Programs Lead to Improved Company Success
Wellness programs, which support healthy behaviors of employees, may not be the top priority for leaders, but when you consider that well-run wellness programs can help companies save money, it’s clear that more attention needs to be paid to them. There are a number...
How to Use Assessments to Identify and Avoid Workplace Conflict
Conflict happens and can be healthy. And as a leader, you need to manage conflict proactively. On the flip side, not all conflict is good conflict, though. One effective way to avoid time-wasting arguments and tension at the workplace is to administer personality...
Measuring Employee Engagement to Improve Your Company’s Bottom Line
Measuring employee engagement—something most companies don’t do and many companies get wrong—can help leaders determine what actions they need to take to improve their engagement levels. Engagement is about emotions and emotions impact our behavior, so they are an...
Top 5 Behaviors Important for Executive Leaders in the 21st Century
Today’s world presents new challenges for modern leaders, and certain behaviors are becoming more important to excel at if you want to succeed. First, managers and leaders are not the same thing. Managers do well at the business side of things, and leaders do too—yet,...