As a new leader, the last thing you want to think about is an employee quitting. It’s a huge burden on you because in addition to your increased workload and responsibilities (and managing for the first time), you will have to recruit, interview, hire and train a new employee—possibly for a position you know nothing
Left unchecked, stress takes a toll on everything from your mental and physical health to your productivity. Overwhelming stress can cause you to make bad decisions and mistakes that hurt your team and reputation as an effective leader. Don’t let stress zap your energy, productivity and happiness. Review this inforgraphic by MakeItCheaper.com to learn how some of
As a new supervisor, your only concern right now may be to take over the team, without making a mistake that makes everyone doubt your leadership skills. You may just be focused on doing the job, without rocking the boat, so to speak, until you feel more comfortable managing your new duties. The idea of making
This is a guest post by Maxine Attong author of Lead Your Team to Win: Achieve Optimal Performance By Providing A Safe Space For Employees. Getting your people to contribute more to your organization while simultaneously establishing stronger talent retention must cost a pretty penny, right? Not really. You don’t necessarily need to add expensive new ingredients
Change is inevitable, but far too often, leaders (remember the Reddit fiasco?) botch the process, failing to effectively communicate the changes they want employees to implement. That’s why Workboard put together the following infographic to show us all the way change should occur within an organization.
This is a guest post adapted from YOUR FIRST LEADERSHIP JOB: How Catalyst Leaders Bring Out the Best in Others by Tacy M. Byham and Richard S. Wellins, Wiley, 2015. Byham and Wellins are CEO and SVP, respectively, of Development Dimensions International (DDI). We absolutely believe that as a leader you are a powerful, creative
This is a guest post by Maxine Attong. There’s no shortage of fanfare for the hottest corporate buzzword of the past several years – innovation. As Forbes noted in a 2012 article, the word has become the “awesome” of corporate speak. Innovation is the quality desired by business leaders, who tend to believe that if
By Brian Mohr, co-founder and managing partner for Y Scouts. The corporate world is susceptible to fads. Work-life balance, a push to properly prioritize work in relation to lifestyle, features the kind of fad-ish thinking that can lead gifted people down the wrong path, says talent expert Brian Mohr. “Think of those who love their
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