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6 Habits of People-Centric Leaders
Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time talking to executive leaders about how they run their businesses. I’ve noticed something interesting in these discussions: Even though there’s universal agreement that business success is centered around finding the right employees, many leaders use a...
Are You Taking Shortcuts?
These days, we’re under a lot of pressure to move quickly. Things are changing rapidly, so it’s tempting to jump on the fast track. Or try for a quick fix. Facebook’s motto from a few years ago captured it well: “Move fast and break things.” In today’s culture, people expect quick results. We live...
The Most Common (and Preventable) Mistakes Businesses Make — and How to Avoid Them
Here's what your business can do now to avoid problems in the future. On a weekly basis, I have the opportunity to work with business owners in a variety of ways. Unfortunately, I am often helping them to overcome a challenge that they really didn't need to have happen in the first place. For...
Entrepreneurs and Business Owners: Steve Jobs’s Advice on Saying No More Often to Achieve Your Goals
Entrepreneurs and business owners are usually optimists by nature. After all, they started or have built a company. But you might have the tendency to say 'Yes' too often, which can be a bad habit since it may result in wasted time, becoming over-committed, losing focus and getting burnt out. In...
Inspiration is the Key to Employee Retention in Today’s Complex Work Environment
As employers tried to combat the Great Resignation and compete in the ongoing war for talent over the past two years, increases in salaries, additional benefits, and flexibility served as attractive incentives for some. However, for others, despite their best efforts, they continued to experience...
4 Questions Leaders Should Ask About “Quiet Quitting”
“Quiet quitting,” one of the most talked about topics in management circles, is not a new phenomenon. The term, credited to Mark Boldger, an economist at Texas A&M, was used as early as 2009, and it’s been used millions of times over the past several months to lament a slump in ambition and...
3 Ways to Lead a Know-It-All
You don’t wonder what a know-it-all thinks even though a little mystery would be nice. Know-it-alls close their minds and open their mouths. A know-it-all: Knows how to belittle you. Defends their opinion with emotion, not research. Increases volume when confronted. Expects compliance. Rejects...
Your Company Might One Day Have Its Own Internal Podcast. Here’s Why
Brands ranging from DoorDash to Arlo have created podcasts for employees over the past few years in an effort to keep remote workers connected. Virtual all-hands meetings, spending hours in training sessions via Zoom, and way-too-long emails from your CEO are so 2020. The pandemic caused execs to...
Return-to-Office Push? These Staffers Like the Pull
Many firms set September as a deadline to start enforcing in-person work policies. Not everyone is upset. Returning to the office is supposed to be a drag. But for many employees, the recent push to resume in-person work is proving to be something unexpected: a positive experience. Call them the...