Work pressure motivates employees to excel and achieve, but hinders performance if it gets too high. Here’s how managers can create a challenging but safe workplace.
Elior Moskowitz · 3 min read
In today’s market, your organization’s survival is based on a number of key factors—including its ability to be agile. Are you an agile leader?
Chuck Mollor · 7 min read
Congratulations! You’ve earned a manager title. Your role is about to get a whole lot different. Here’s a quick survival guide.
Rich Weiss · 6 min read
There is an interesting leadership conundrum that’s common in business settings: informal leaders often have many loyal followers while formal leaders may have few—maybe none! Why? Because leadership isn’t something that can be simply bestowed upon someone by an organization. It’s something that is earned. “The language used for effective followership is ‘exemplary followership,’ coined…
Lin Grensing-Pophal · 5 min read
As a talent optimizer, you need to master diverse leadership and management skills. You might be naturally adept at some of the following skills—but developing competency in others will force you to stretch beyond your comfort level to close gaps. While it won’t be easy, doing that important work will set you up to be…
Erin Balsa · 12 min read
Luke Thomas is the head of growth at getAbstract, which finds and rates the top business books, articles, and video talks then summarizes them into 10-minute abstracts. Today, the company is the world’s leading provider of compressed knowledge for organizations of all sizes. A new year has begun and many of you are working hard at…
Luke Thomas · 5 min read
Underperformance can stem from many issues. Unclear expectations from management, poor cultural fit, and a lack of constructive feedback are just a few. Underperforming employees prevent your company from meeting its business goals. They can also dampen the rest of the team’s spirits. Bad energy is contagious. As a manager, you know you need to…
Will Otto · 5 min read
12 leadership and team management books that have had the biggest impact on the way I manage and lead.
Drew Fortin · 8 min read
Text, email, Facebook Messenger, heck, let’s even throw snail mail in there—nowadays, there are a ton of ways to communicate with our peers without having to interact face to face. And because of the ease and convenience, we have become dependent on these tools as our first form of communication. The problem is, the written…
Wilfred Hirst · 7 min read
Recently, I had a client come to me very upset. She had begun working with two people who both had a Predictive Index behavioral pattern almost identical to hers and she said, “Melanie, please tell me I don’t come across like those two!” Unfortunately, what I couldn’t tell her was that the descriptions she gave me…
Thad Peterson · 4 min read
Understanding the influencing factors and types of employee behavior is critical to your success. Here’s the four key factors you need to know.
Greg Barnett · 6 min read
Have you ever had the feeling one of your colleagues just didn’t like you? You might have thought, “That person just doesn’t understand me. If they truly took the time to get to know me, I think they would like me.”
Carol Warhurst · 9 min read
The all-too-common email habits that make your coworkers want to poke their eyes out
Thad Peterson · 4 min read
Handling conflict and being ready to face it is a key component of being a leader
Victor Lipman · 4 min read
8 tips for creating better performing organizations in business and sports
Greg Barnett · 10 min read