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3 strategies that will change the way you screen One day employees seem to be on the top of the world, firing on all cylinders. The next day their lives and careers implode. Why does this happen? Why does this happen? A lack of emotional intelligence may provide the answer. Despite extensive research to the […]
Employee motivation is a term thrown about the workplace like you throw a Frisbee in the park on a sunny day. Sometimes you catch it just right. Other times … it seems to take off with a mind of its own. But before we can talk about how to motivate employees, we first must agree […]
In Part 1 of Twelve Things Every Manager Should Know about DISC, I highlighted when and how DISC got started and how it developed into one of the most popular assessments on the planet. In Part 2, you’ll learn more about how companies use DISC, the many variations of DISC, how it can be used, and […]
If you ever wondered if your employees value continuous learning as much as you do (or is required by the industry or your company culture), you’ll want to read this post. Companies spend billions of dollars each year on employee training. Unfortunately much of it falls on deaf ears. Let me introduce you to the Conceptual Value, one […]
Perhaps poet and author Carl Sandburg said it best: “Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.” It might be fair to say that we are all motivated by money. After all, we need money to put food in our bellies, clothes on our bodies, and roofs over […]
“I see dead trees,” Steve told his employer a few years earlier. “And that’s why I’m quitting my job.” Today Steve designs log cabins for a small manufacturer in PA. He’s been working here for about two years. The owner – his boss – loves his work ethic and his creative ideas have helped the […]
Advice to deal with toxic employees seem more abundant than sand in a desert. The problem is that without cooperation from the employee you might as well be shoveling with a rake! So let’s begin with the employee or manager who feels his success in life is commensurate with how many people he steps on, […]
