Our friends at Good.co are creating some pretty amazing tools. Employee engagement is hot right now, not just because it’s the buzz term of choice, but because employers AND employees want to be happy. Good.co has created a Fit Test that assesses who you are and how you think, resulting in archetypes that categorize your…
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Welcome to my torture chamber- I hope you don’t mind that I’ll be drilling out your tooth, without Novocaine! For many of us job applicants, we’re often made to feel this way before, during, and after a job interview. But in this robust job market for knowledge workers, the stakes have changed. The interview process…
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Have you ever been in an interview or meeting, thrown out a strategically placed buzz word, and then slowly watched the eyes of the person you’re speaking with glaze over? I definitely have. It’s not a good feeling, and it has taken some time to figure out exactly what I was doing wrong. In the…
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“Leadership is not so much about technique and methods, as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration—of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of…
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An ancient Chinese proverb says: If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people. People are THE most valuable resource. Hopefully this is more than just another nice cliché rolled off the tongue of an executive…
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There are negative people in every environment. Is it you? Or is it someone that you work with? Cancerous attitudes are as contagious as laughter, and, as the adage says, one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. How do you recognize if you are the bad apple, and what do you do to…
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This past winter I had a sobering wake up call when my mother was sick in the hospital. The wake up call was not that I realized how much I loved my mom and my family, I have known the full weight of that for years, but how true it is that no matter how bad you think…
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According to an article on Forbes, over 50% of Americans hate their jobs. A Gallup poll reported that 70% of employees are not engaged or actively disengage at work, meaning that they are emotionally disconnected from their workplaces and are less likely to be productive. In the same poll, it was reported that disengaged employees…
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Have you ever thought of the impression that you give someone during a conversation when you’re multitasking? Next time you’re in a restaurant, look around and see how many people are clicking away on their devices and not paying attention to the person right across the table. Between smart phones, laptops, tablets, and other digital…
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Consider adding pride stories in various sections of your on-boarding program. One of the most important messages is to communicate “Pride Stories” (implicitly and explicitly) that will attract and retain employees so they can be proud to work at your organization. Implicitly: by conducting a well-designed, well-organized, effective on-boarding program so new hires can see…
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