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Career Development Tip – Stop These 4 Counter-Productive Habits Today
Career development is high on the list of many high potential employees. So why is it that so many employees seem to build successful careers only to fall quickly from their perch when put to the test. Because sometimes success is built on the backs of bad habits....
Why People With Emotional Intelligence Get Paid More
If you still feel that emotional intelligence is just some over-hyped theory, maybe this finding will get your attention. According to a recent study from the University of Bonn, published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior in November 2014, individuals who...
Attitude Virus Hacks Workforce Productivity, Cost Millions
This is B. Raking News reporting from WWRN – that’s Whatever Works Right Now! The station that sounds great but never gets results. While hackers worldwide are circulating the Internet and invading your personal accounts, the At-E-2D Virus is infecting your employees....
The 7 Most Common Reasons Why Succession Planning Fails
Faced with changing demographics and skilled worker shortages, many companies will be unable to fill job openings from the CEO to the technician. “The Perfect Labor Storm” has already crippled many organizations. And a lack of responsive succession planning is making...
Employee Motivation: Finally An Explanation That Makes Sense
Employee motivation and cholesterol have a lot in common! First of all, both are essential for life. We need motivation to thrive. We need cholesterol to protect us from heart attacks and strokes. Next, we can have too much motivation or too much cholesterol, both...
Lies We Believe about Employee Engagement
Thanks to the Gallup organization, employee engagement has become part of nearly every organization’s vocabulary. Gallup and other companies like Deloitte, McKinsey, and BCG highlight the value high employee engagement generates: higher customer satisfaction, more...
Hire Forward: Past Performance Isn’t Enough
Managers need to hire forward with the future in mind and stop hiring looking in the rear view mirror. Companies and its managers must begin to rely on potential instead of past performance. Here are the reasons why. For centuries, “employee” selection was made based...
Stop Reaching for the Battery Cables to Motivate Employees!
How many times have you looked forward to vacation only to feel depressed and de-energized as you head back to work? Or maybe you thought that graduation from college, a new job, a promotion, or reaching a certain age was all you needed to turn on the success...
Past Performance Is Out, What is a Credible Hiring Test?
For decades and maybe even centuries, past performance has been a reasonably good predictor of future performance. It still is if … the job is repetitive and routine. Unfortunately that limits its use to primarily low-skill-low-pay. But since our world is changing...
OverReliance on Discover Your Strengths Blinds Managers | Part 2
In my last post I pointed out how ignoring your weaknesses was a flaw in the strategy to discover your strengths. Even Gallup admits that its research has been distorted. Let’s now move on to the second reason why relying on strengths alone is a path that may lead to...
