Why Delegation is Good for Leaders
Being a leader in a company or holding a manager role can be difficult. Many people find the transition from doing to leading pretty difficult. However, as a manager, it is your duty to delegate work out to employees considering you have enough on your plate as it is....
read morePowerful Ways to Negotiate Within Your Organization
If you work in a business, chances are you negotiate every day. Some may negotiate million dollar deals with customers, while others may face the challenge of negotiating within their own organization. Luckily, negotiating is a skill that gets better the more you do...
read moreThe Good and Bad of Multi-Tasking
Whether or not multitasking is a good or bad thing seems to be a common debate. Some think you aren’t “multitasking,” you are merely just switching tasks. While others believe they are balancing multiple tasks at once. But, multitasking at work means you are trying to...
read moreHow Being a ‘Yes’ Person is Killing Your Productivity and How to Say No
In order to be successful in work and life, there is a simple two-letter word we need to learn to say more often…“no". This may seem counterproductive to some people who may ask, “but if I turn down tasks, won’t it look as though I am not a team player?” Nonsense. We...
read moreThe Importance of Effective Onboarding
It’s gratifying when a candidate turns into an employee. You’ve recruited your perfect fit. Effective onboarding of new employees is critical to team building as well as to company culture. By contrast, in all solid corporations both small and large, much effort goes...
read moreHow to Motivate an Unengaged Employee
Engagement is the new buzzword. Employee engagement. Leadership engagement. Customer and client engagement. But what of the unengaged? Unengaged employees cost thousands of dollars in loss to companies every day. With that, it’s important to tap into all of the...
read moreWhy Does Feedback Matter to Your Team
At times, it can seem like feedback can be discouraging in the workplace. However, being a leader means supporting your employees, encouraging them, and providing feedback on their efforts. Without feedback, your employees won’t bloom into their best possible self or...
read moreHow to Handle a Team Reorganization During a Company Merger & Acquisition
Merging with another company can put a decrease on employee morale. When this happens there are the possibility of layoffs, relocation, and a lot of overall change. Employees may become a part of a different team, new location, and even a new country – all with the...
read moreIs Lean Six Sigma Right for Your Organization?
The Lean Six Sigma was originally created to eliminate waste and improve manufacturing quality to no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities. Banks have used the Lean Six Sigma to support their growth strategy, financial services companies have used it to put...
read moreMeeting Fatigue and How Much Meetings Cost a Company
Have you ever felt mentally or physically exhausted from attending so many meetings? Some days it can feel like all you do is attend meetings and if we are being honest, some of them seem to be a waste of time. It has been found that an excessive amount of meetings...
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