We’ve all heard of bully bosses, and hopefully, you strive not to be one. But what should you do when you have an employee who bullies coworkers and even you. The person might lose his or her temper, make hateful or hurtful jokes, or use aggressive tactics to force others do as he or she
It’s been an incredibly ugly presidential campaign, and with two weeks left until Election Day, the worst may not be behind us. The conflict over the presidency has infiltrated the workplace, so much so, that a recent survey by the American Psychological Association indicates that one in four younger employees report they’ve been negatively affected by political talk
By Samuel B. Bacharach, author of The Agenda Mover: When Your Good Idea Is Not Enough. As a new supervisor or manager, you will certainly have projects and ideas you will want to implement. But you have to remember that while getting a promotion may give you the positional authority to move your agenda forward, positional
Your most important asset may not the products you sell. Rather, it’s your employees, especially if you are in a service industry, says Dushyant Sukhija, a former executive with Cisco Systems and author of The Cisco Way: Leadership Lessons Learned from One of the World’s Greatest Technology Services Companies. “Employees are the true intellectual capital
Are you dreading an upcoming presentation to your new team, your boss or a customer? Don’t. Whether you are presenting to one person or a room full of people, with this advice from The London Speaker Bureau, you can create a presentation that will wow your listeners and build your credibility as a new leader.
New leaders in particular deal with more change resistance (and resistance in general) from their employees. Bitter coworkers who were overlooked for the promotion dig in their heels and make life hard for new managers. Some just want to take advantage of the new guy or gal. Others want to see how far they can push
This is a guest post by John Findlay is co-founder of Launchfire. You just took over a team, and you are frustrated with the level of training your employees received under your predecessor. Perhaps the previous leader didn’t invest in training at all or maybe he or she just wasted everyone’s time with ineffective training. And
It’s that time of year again when businesses across the U.S. start gearing up for next year. Budgets are analyzed and set. Marketing and sales plans begin to take shape. Teams assess their resource and manpower needs. And more. What does all that mean? Nearly everyone will be in meetings, potentially time-sucking, energy-draining meetings. That’s
Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand. When you think Facebook, you think Mark Zuckerberg. When you think Amazon.com, you think Jeff Bezos. Those and other examples of celebrity corporate leaders show that a CEO’s personal brand can work in concert with
This is a guest post by Krisha Buehler, HR Manager and Culture Cultivator at eaHELP. How important is culture fit when hiring new employees? Very. That is, if you want new employees to stay onboard and produce at a high level. Culture fit will look slightly different for each organization depending on your mission, vision and core values.
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