As if finding talented workers isn’t enough of a challenge today, you have to be increasingly diligent to keep them from walking out the back door. Retention is becoming tougher. What can you do?
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Why You Want to Reward For More Than Just Results
Carol Dweck is a Stanford Psychologies who studies human motivation and achievement. At the heart of her thinking is the idea that there are two mindsets – a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. Dweck’s view is that the mindset we adopt fundamentally shapes our lives.
3 Truths About How People Process Change
A lot has been written about change. Unfortunately, much of it by people who haven’t been immersed in the many nuances of planning and implementing change.
How Mixed Messages Undermine Your Leadership
Mixed messages kill. When you as a leader say one thing yet do another, it kills your credibility. It demotivates your people. And it undermines whatever you’re trying to achieve.
Why You Should Focus On Worst Practices As Well As Best Practices
Best practices. The activities and processes that correlate with success. You should want to migrate them throughout your organization to improve performance and accelerate change.
The Secret to Being an Outstanding Communicator
Every organization struggles with it. Employees want more of it. Managers are unsure how to best do it.
Communications. One word with many meanings that is the source of endless misunderstandings.
How to Be 100% Present in a Distracted World … and Why
You’re constantly under siege. Rings, pings, buzzes and alerts – the barrage of information and communications is never-ending. Is it any wonder that, like all of us, you’re prone to distraction?
How “Management by Questioning” (MBQ) Can Build Engagement
If there’s one management practice I absolutely love, it’s Management by Questioning (MBQ). What is MBQ? It’s the use of questions to promote thinking, learning and independence, to convey that you value people, and to help build a culture of engagement and commitment. Yes, it can do all that. Here’s how:
How Not to Think About Organizational Culture
I’m a proponent of vibrant organizational cultures. I’ve seen how culture can help drive, or undermine, a company’s success. And I’ve learned how a culture can be transformed to achieve this.
How to Deliver a Better than Exceptional Experience
You go out for dinner. You might have a very good experience. You might have a great experience. And if you’re lucky, you’ll have an experience that is even better than exceptional.
Why Feedback is Like Gold
As a leader, you need your team to not only perform but to improve over time. Why? Because today’s performance won’t meet tomorrow’s expectations. Competitors get tougher, customers want more – the bar is continually being raised.
What This World-Renowned Investor Loves About Failure
I’m listening to the audiobook, Principles, by celebrated investment manager Ray Dalio. Over the course of 40 years Dalio built his company, Bridgewater Associates, into what Fortune has called the 5th most important private company in the U.S.