Skills Improvement

Impacting the performance of employees when you just want them to show up, do their job and not complain

“I just want them to show up and do their job and not complain,” said one burned-out manager to me…

11 years ago

How Personality Assessment Can Help You Be A Better Leader

“This is why I’m not married anymore,” said a participant in a recent leadership training class.   She was partly kidding,…

12 years ago

Throwing compensation structure out the window

I’m going to contradict myself (again). I seem to do this a lot, outlining a way to be process oriented…

12 years ago

Want to keep great employees? Know how to compensate them.

We’re working on a compensation project now with a company to redesign their exempt salary structure. When thinking about how…

12 years ago

2 Ways to Get What You’re Worth

Out looking for a job or considering a discussion with your boss about a raise?  If you are, you need…

12 years ago

3 Introverted leaders and the leadership lessons we can learn from them

We used to think leaders were born, not made. Now we know through training, coaching and mentoring the skills needed…

12 years ago

3 Tips for Getting Over Your Vacation Hangover

You’re back from vacation and hopefully you unplugged while there. And now you have a vacation hangover. You’ve got way…

12 years ago

I May Have Adult ADD But I Wouldn’t Trade It For Anything: Refusing to Choose Between Work and Life

At an HR conference this week with a focus on wellness, the topic of work-life balance is bound to come…

12 years ago

Everyone Gets a Trophy and The Skills Gap

At a lunch meeting yesterday, one topic of discussion was the “everyone gets a trophy” generation. The millennial generation -…

12 years ago

6 Reasons NOT to Strive for Perfection

I used to get so frustrated as a recruiter when I asked the question “What are your weaknesses?” in an…

12 years ago

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