by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator An MITSloan study showed that teleworkers were passed over for promotions at a far higher rate than their co-located counterparts. The reasons for that are fairly obvious and have been discussed at length on this site. Remote workers are often isolated from colleagues and organizational leadership. Remote workers

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No doubt it’s frustrating when an employee does a lousy job on work you assigned him or her. As the manager, you often have to spend time revising the work, cleaning up your employee’s mistakes and taking blame for the unsatisfactory work from your own boss. That is why so many first time managers refuse

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I’ve thinking about, studying and consulting on leadership development for a long time. I’ve learned much – yet perhaps the most disappointing thing I’ve learned is that we keep coming up short. Yes, many organizations want to develop their leaders, and those organizations are making investments. Yet, for the most part they aren’t getting the

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As time goes on, and I have more responsibilities and Client commitments, I find myself less available to my readers, listeners, and past participants. This is just one reason why we started experimenting with Facebook Live several months ago. There is an important reason why I’m telling you about that today. When? For the most

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How important is your orientation period? According to research by Glassdoor, very important: Organizations with a strong onboarding process improve new hire retention by 82 percent and productivity by over 70 percent. That’s a big deal, and yet, only 12 percent of employees strongly agree that their organizations did a great job of onboarding them,

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A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.         -Eliphas Levi, French educator 1810-1875 One of a leader’s most important jobs is to help develop the skills of their team members. For many of us, this is why we became managers or

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When I talk to organizations about their gaps in leadership development, developing coaching skills is near the top of their list. Here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group, we’ve been training and developing coaches for many years. In fact, we completely revamped and re-tooled our flagship coaching workshop last year and unveiled it as the Coaching

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This is a guest post from Roberta Chinsky Matuson. If you think it’s tough being a manager these days, try being an employee. Most are in the position of having to go with the flow, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they do so with a smile on their face. Here are 10 things your employees

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There are nearly as many ways to lead as there are leaders. What we believe and our mindset relating to the role of leading others says much about how we choose to lead. When you bring a coaching mindset to leadership, it will change your approach to many situations. Today, I want to share how your leadership

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The smartest thing you can do as both a leader and an employee is proactively look for ways to improve your skills. Attend training (check out our Bud to Boss virtual workshops here) and read as many leadership blogs, books and whitepapers as you can. As important, however, is that you look for learning opportunities

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