Communicating constructive criticism in an effective manner that benefits both parties can be downright challenging. This is especially true when providing feedback to peers in the workplace which is a growing trend. Peer-to-peer feedback regarding an employee’s strengths and weaknesses offers insights into their performance beyond the top-down reviews given by their supervisors. Here are four…
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Ask These Three Questions to Make Interviews Less Intimidating
If you’re nervous about an upcoming job interview, you’re not alone. A recent study by Harris Interactive and Everest College reveals that 92% of U.S. adults between the ages of 18-54 are anxious about job interviews. Dale Carnegie said, “Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.” An effective way to combat our human inclination…
Overcome These Four Fears to Fuel Your Professional Success
Encountering awkward situations in the workplace is inevitable, however fortunately we have control over how we respond to them. We can gain the skills required to handle uncomfortable situations adeptly or continue feeling awkward indefinitely. Dale Carnegie said, “Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and…
Three Steps to Set Clear Expectations and Drive Employee Engagement
A recent Gallup Business Journal article reveals that many employees are not currently engaged in their jobs because they don’t know what is expected of them. Employee engagement is the degree to which employees are involved in and enthusiastic about their role and working environment. Today, only one third of all U.S. employees are engaged…
Forget IQ—Three ‘Q’s You Need to Succeed
Most people are familiar with ‘IQ,’ an indicator of logical reasoning ability and technical intelligence. Albert Einstein’s IQ was estimated at 160 and John F. Kennedy’s was only 119. Traditional hiring and promoting methods often required a high IQ for climbing to the top ranks of American businesses, however today many companies are turning to…
Boost Your Productivity by Breaking These Four Bad Habits
Break these four bad habits to pump up your productivity. Waking up without a morning routine. Rushing through the morning can have negative consequences on your sense of emotional well-being and overall productivity. Without a morning routine, it’s easy to skip important activities such as meditating, working out, and worse yet—skipping breakfast. Starting your day…
The Right Way to Say ‘No’ to Your Boss
Are you comfortable saying, “no” to your boss? It’s important to be a team player, however if your boss continuously piles new projects on your plate, inevitably you will have to delay other work or worse yet, not complete the request at all—which will reflect poorly on you. The ability to say “no” is a…
Labor Day Lessons—The Residual Impacts of Employee Recognition
As leaders and organizations seek strategies to attract and retain top talent, many overlook one of the most basic and easily executed strategies—employee recognition. Shockingly, only one in three workers in the U.S. strongly agree that they received recognition or praise for doing good work in the past seven days according to a recentGallup poll….
Time Out!
Generational issues kept coming up in my discussions with executives over the past two weeks. One organization actually asked me to give a talk with the title being “Knowing the Threat!” Their concern – as communications break down between their baby bombers and millennials – was they fear the “brain drain” because boomers are retiring…
The Four R’s of an Olympian Mindset
The 2016 Summer Olympics are a reminder that the ability to bounce back from setbacks is a key characteristic of top performers. Dale Carnegie said, “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” Here are four…