Improve Your Job with Hidden Talents
You can improve your job when you reveal hidden talents. Often, this can open the door to new responsibilities and leave you feeling more engaged with your position. Letting your [...]
Oct, 23
2018
Oct, 22
2018
Looking for Problems vs. Looking for Affirmation
When you’re looking for problems, you may discover things you don’t like. That’s the downside and it’s not fun realizing you may need to work on improving. The advantage to [...]
Oct, 17
2018
Tired of Coworker Interruptions
If you're tired of coworker interruptions, then you may need to change the way you indulge their requests. These are the requests for help that come from your peers and [...]
Oct, 16
2018
Accepting Negative Feedback
Accepting negative feedback can be a challenge. Very often, our emotions kick in and we tune out the message, even if it contains good information or advice. In this week’s [...]
Oct, 15
2018
How Do Leaders Get Better?
From time to time, people ask me, “How do leaders get better?” The answer can’t be explained or demonstrated quickly, like a magic trick. Instead, it involves an ongoing commitment [...]
Oct, 10
2018
Productivity and Motivation
Productivity and motivation go hand in hand when it comes to making a change at work. It's not enough to want to magically transform how effective you are on the [...]
Oct, 9
2018
Find More Time at Work
If you need to find more time at work, then check some of your daily habits. There’s a good chance you’re innocently wasting time on low priority tasks. These tend [...]
Oct, 8
2018
How Do You Train Employees When You’re Busy?
Many successful organizations struggle with how to train employees when things are busy. These businesses have well defined processes and procedures but time may be in short supply. The longer [...]
Oct, 3
2018
Problems Don’t Magically Solve Themselves
Effective leaders understand that problems don't magically solve themselves. You can't allow fixable issues to linger, otherwise their impact may grow. While it may be easy to come up with [...]
Oct, 2
2018
Nervous About Change on the Job?
It’s okay to be nervous about change on the job but don't let it stop progress. Change can be unfamiliar and scary. But are you holding onto to something simply [...]