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October 10, 2013

Managing Tough-to-Tolerate Employees

Some of the greatest professional challenges we face often have to do less with meeting particular performance goals and more with maintaining positive, productive relationships. That’s especially the case when it comes to difficult employees. There are managers whose solution to handling a tough relationship – be it with someone…
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October 7, 2013

Just Wasting Time…

Between meetings, correspondence, phone calls and office or cube drop-ins, it’s probably not uncommon for you to log an eight-hour (or more) workday and leave the office feeling like you didn’t get anything accomplished. Recruiter.com recently posted an article on some of the top time sucks for a typical office…
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October 2, 2013

Leadership: Eating the Elephant

As Eckhart Tolle says in his book The Power of Now, we only have the present moment…the past and the future don’t exist. What I have observed in great leaders is the ability to stay present and chose to do one thing at a time. This facilitates a calm, focused…
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October 1, 2013

Mentoring: Leveraging Seasoned Employees

Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever before, with significant representation from four generations.  Recruiter.com’s Kazim Ladimeji sheds light on the challenge this presents from an HR perspective: How do you shape a benefits program that appeals to staff members as different as Millenials and Baby Boomers? In an effort…
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September 30, 2013

Employee Satisfaction is in Your Hands

A recent survey by the Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group, which measured employee engagement and retention across multiple industries, found that 65 percent of workers feel a lack of commitment to their current employers, with 44 percent of those respondents (120,000 participated) actively seeking other opportunities. The survey also makes…
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September 25, 2013

Leadership: Seek Creativity from Staff by Asking Questions

Some managers may tell their staff that they welcome creativity, but professionals cannot respond in a vacuum. An experienced leader recognizes that creativity is best generated in asking questions that address a specific situation.  For instance, “what new methods can we utilize to develop sincerity and trust from our customers”?
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September 19, 2013

Words Hold Sway: The Influence of a Recommendation

We all know it: recommendations and referrals are an integral part of the recruitment process. Positive buzz about a company can be exponentially more impactful, however, when compared with buzz around a prospective candidate. Your star team member, the new hire, the underperformer, the veteran… they’re all talking about their…
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September 16, 2013

A Shift in Knowledge Management May Mean Improved Performance

According to a report published in July by the University of Greenwich, many organizations have built and rely upon training programs that focus on the wrong thing.  Transforming Knowledge Management stresses placing less focus on learning about things to focus more squarely on learning how best to do things.  Practice…
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September 12, 2013

Hire A Speaker to Motivate Your Employees

One thing that can bring down a company quickly is mood.  To be specific, a bad mood. Why is that? Mood can make employees feel like they are having their best day at work, which means productivity, but a bad mood can lead to unhappiness and low productivity in the…
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September 5, 2013

4 Signs You are Showing Your Arrogance

A problem many bosses have (maybe you?) is a tendency toward arrogance. Intentional or not -- it's a problem. Here are four ways to tell if your arrogance is showing.  1. Talking down to employees. Try to take note of how you talk when you are talking to or referring…
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