The best way to motivate people is to truly understand what motivates them. Sounds painfully simple, and yet, too many leaders don’t follow that advice. They stick to one-size-fits-all tactics or rely on money to motivate employees to do their very best. In this infographic, created by Headway Capital, you’ll learn that money is not the
For over four years we have been producing live, virtual learning events we call Remarkable Learning. At first, they were teleseminars; more recently, they have become webinars. We have offered over 200 of these events featuring experts from our own team and hand-picked experts from around the world bringing relevant practical learning on the broad
We’ve all walked out of a meeting and thought “Wow, that was a waste of time.” Perhaps the meeting had no clear purpose, the participants strayed off topic or the issues weren’t adequately resolved. It’s incredibly frustrating because it eats up time most of us don’t have. What’s even more frustrating is that those time-wasting experiences
During a recent dinner conversation, I asked a close friend “What is your biggest complaint about work?” Without hesitation, he said “People who miss their deadlines.” Then he went into a 20-minute tirade about how one missed deadline by one person throws everything off. He talked about how it is almost always up to him
If you are a sports fan, there is always lots of talk about the importance of offense and defense in the making of winning teams. Yet in organizational success, we much less frequently talk about offense and defense. Until now. Think about it this way. Leading defensively is focusing on the problems that inevitably arise
Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Millennials will be the largest generation in the workforce by the end of 2015. They bring a different bias and experience to the workplace and new ideas to relationships. Dan Negroni, founder of Launchbox and author of Chasing Relevance, discusses how to relate with our colleagues and bridge that
“Just tell me what to do.” “What is the task list?” “Can you give me a checklist?” “What exactly do you need from me?” Those are all smart questions that you hear from employees from time to time. For the sake of avoiding confusion and misunderstandings, we recommend that you provide employees with specific details
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