Transformational leadership: Key to motivation and performance
“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” — John D. Rockefeller Now there’s a guy who knew what he was talking about. And for anyone interested in this...
View ArticleEmployee motivation: Do you make these 5 mistakes?
There was a time, some years ago, that managers didn’t really worry about employee motivation – or even how employees felt about their jobs for that matter. The approach went kind of like this:...
View ArticleIt’s easy for managers to fall back into these 4 bad habits
When you boil it down, a manager’s job requirements are pretty straightforward: Be aware of everything at all times, and improve upon those things you find need improving. Just don’t over-manage. Or...
View ArticleThe 4 things all good employees want from work
“You give people what they want, and they’ll come out for it.” – Harry Cohn, Founder, Columbia Pictures It’s great advice. Same goes for the workplace. Give employees what they want, and they’ll work...
View Article6 motivating skills every good manager needs
Managers have an enormous impact on the success – or failure – of an organization, and the most successful are those who have mastered key motivating skills. Great motivating skills can cover for a lot...
View ArticleAnother day in paradise? It’s all in how you spin it
Let’s face it, we all spin – if just a little. If it’s already good, we put a better spin on it. If it’s bad, we spin it back to good, or as close as we can make it. We spin at work, rest, or play....
View ArticleWant to make your employees miserable?
Unfortunately, there are far too many ways for managers to make employees miserable. So says researchers Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer — she’s a Harvard business professor, he’s a psychologist — who...
View ArticleWrite it 100 times: Good employees leave bad managers
You are probably familiar with the expression that people are only as good as the company they keep. Well, the reverse is also true. A company is only as good as the people it keeps. And while the...
View ArticlePssst! Your best people really are needy
Contrary to conventional wisdom, your best people really ARE needy people! Now hang on, it’s true. They are. And what they need is to be a part of something special. Worthwhile employees – people worth...
View Article6 dumb ways to kill employee morale
Smart managers spend time practicing techniques to improve employee morale. And that’s hard work. But many more managers do things that kill morale. Or more accurately, they FAIL to do things and that...
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