Articles by Ken Okel

Nov, 26 2018

Cyber Monday and Creating Organizational Change

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While it's hard to escape the many Cyber Monday offers that fill you inbox, the day can actually teach you some important lessons about organizational change. Whether you're a fan [...]

Nov, 19 2018

How to Handle Negative Comments

By |2021-05-07T15:46:25+00:00November 19th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on How to Handle Negative Comments

While you will encounter negative comments in your work life, are you paying too much attention to them? Sometimes, we magnify one remark and give it more authority than it [...]

Oct, 29 2018

Top Issues Causing Workplace Stress Survey

By |2018-10-31T20:36:41+00:00October 29th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Top Issues Causing Workplace Stress Survey

A new workplace stress survey should motivate leaders to talk more to their employees. The study, HR Blindspot Report 2018, comes from HR.com, Ipsos, and League Inc. It was designed [...]

Oct, 22 2018

Looking for Problems vs. Looking for Affirmation

By |2018-10-22T15:40:38+00:00October 22nd, 2018|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on 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, 15 2018

How Do Leaders Get Better?

By |2018-10-30T19:55:17+00:00October 15th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on 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, 8 2018

How Do You Train Employees When You’re Busy?

By |2018-10-08T15:54:08+00:00October 8th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on 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, 1 2018

Do Your Employees Overwhelm You with Email?

By |2021-10-15T12:09:43+00:00October 1st, 2018|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Do Your Employees Overwhelm You with Email?

If you’re a leader, you know often your employees overwhelm you with email. You’ve made it known that you want updates on projects and want to answer questions. You see [...]

Sep, 24 2018

Coaching Your Team at Work

By |2018-09-24T15:39:46+00:00September 24th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Coaching Your Team at Work

Successfully coaching your team at work may require you to teach people things in different ways. When it comes to introducing a new idea or providing feedback, we tend to [...]

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