Where To Find Talent in Your Company
Talent drives firms. It also hinders them. Just as the sun hides the stars in the sky, talent hides rising stars. Regarding... Read More
Common Mistakes in Getting Honest Feedback from Employees
Posted on08 Feb 2016
TagsHarvard Business Review, honesty, leadership, management, Performance, team building, James Detert, Ethan Burris
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Getting honest feedback from employees takes skill, patience and commitment. It is work. Yet, it is productive. We “see increased retention and... Read More
How to Deal with Office Politics as a Manager
Posted on01 Feb 2016
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Managers are a key source of power and politics in the workplace. Often without knowing it, they make office politics worse. Knowing... Read More
How Rules and Processes Make Workers Less Responsible and Accountable
Posted on30 Nov 2015
Tagsaccountability, management, motivation, process management, resistance to change, rules, Talent, team building, robot
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Rules and processes make changing company culture hard. They not only make hard-to-break habits. They make a less responsible and accountable culture.... Read More
Changing Company Culture So It Works
Posted on02 Nov 2015
Tagsorganizational culture, process, strategy, team building, vision, internal communications, change management strategy
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Changing company culture is tough. It differs from building company culture too. Stopping a habit and starting a new one differs from... Read More
Introverts and Extroverts as Builders of Our Lives
Posted on28 Sep 2015
Tagsteam building, The Fountainhead, Ann Rand, Introverts and Extroverts (Series), extroverts and introverts, Personality
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Too many times we focus only on the social differences between introverts and extroverts. This is simple and shallow. There are non-social... Read More
Working with Detail Oriented Personality Type
Posted on10 Aug 2015
Tagsprioritization, project management, Talent, team building, emotional triggers, Kim Kozak, follow up, organizational culture, details
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Building corporate culture often means meshing many different personalities. Many firms have need for employees with a detail oriented personality type. Working... Read More
Making Socializing at Work a Teambuilding Tool
Posted on06 Jul 2015
Tagsface-to-face interactions, Alex "Sandy" Pentland, change, productivity, relationships, social skills, team building, venting, Wired Magazine
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The secret to getting things done, to driving change is relationships. They are also the secret to enjoying our jobs and being... Read More
Scoring Your Manager’s Relationship Skills
Posted on26 Mar 2015
Tagsassessments, Influence, leadership, management, motivation, relationship building techniques, team building, soft skills
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As follow up to 16 Leadership Team Building Activities, here is a related tool that assesses managers’ relationship skills. It does so... Read More
16 Leadership Team Building Activities
The key to any team is relationships. The key to building them is leadership. Leaders can do this when they apply these... Read More
