| By Suzanne Hyatt, www.forbes.com | A recent study on the Employee Experience by IBM and social recognition provider Globoforce revealed a direct link between company culture and employee performance and retention. There is also increasing evidence linking company profitability and culture. Clearly, culture is important. And the critical component in both creating and defining culture, according to […]
5 Daily Habits That Will Boost Your Leadership in 2018
| By Gordon Tredgold, www.inc.com | Being a better leader has so many benefits it helps drive better results, helps increase employee retention, and it reduces stress levels. The more you lead, the less you will have to manage, and it’s management that raises the stress levels, not only for your team but also for yourself. Management is hard, some […]
6 Ways to Step Up as a Leader in 2018
| By Gerard Adams, www.inc.com | I’m often asked what is the number one skill that I would focus on if I want to achieve success in business and in life. My answer is always leadership. There is a leader within everyone, and I am obsessed with pulling this out. I’ve spent the past 15 years as an entrepreneur studying […]
How To Become The World’s Worst Manager In Seven Simple Steps
| By Bruce Weinstein, www.forbes.com | The field of management is littered with men and women who are willing to settle for being mediocre. Mediocrity is easy. Awfulness requires courage, focus, and dedication. What does it take to be truly terrible? If you consistently apply the following seven simple rules, you’ll go beyond what is merely acceptable […]
Five Research-Backed Techniques To Develop High-Performing Leaders
| By Kavita Sahai, www.forbes.com | Leadership in the corporate world seems like something we should have figured out long ago. However, approximately 35% of companiesconsider their leadership development practices to be below-average or poor. The increase in millennials in the workforce has shone a light on this issue further. In one survey, 93% of millennials reported leaving a company to […]
How Do We Improve Sexual Harassment Training?
| www.psychologytoday.com | Sexual harassment training has been ubiquitous for many years, in spite of being ineffective. A scientifically grounded alternative could actually help change hostile work climates and reduce the frequency of harassing behaviors. At least a quarter of all working women – and up to 60% in male-dominated fields – report having been harassed. The existing […]
Leadership: What Not To Do
| By Susanne Biro | www.forbes.com | In my career, I have learned more about exceptional leadership by being on the receiving end of its opposite. Here are three fundamental things I have learned never do to others, simply because I know first-hand how damaging they can be. 1. Don’t lie. This includes blatant lies, half-truths and errors […]
Why the Most Successful Leaders Rely on Executive Coaches
| By Amy Vetter | www.inc.com | Behind every great athlete there is an even greater coach. There isn’t a top athlete–from Muhammad Ali to Tiger Woods to Serena Williams–who did not need a mentor to help them reach the top of their profession. If you think about it, your business is similar to that of an elite athlete. You […]