Dealing with bad employees
People Management
4 min read

What to do when you can’t stand the people you manage

Frustrating employees got you down? Here are 5 ways to combat this management nightmare. In one key area, senior management differs not at all from the role of the supervisor on the shop floor. Regardless of your level in an organization, you will over the course of your management career have difficult people to deal…

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Employee with head down on desk
People Management
4 min read

Here’s what happens when you help employees you didn’t know needed it

One in five adults in America lives with mental illness. Here’s how organizations can support employees struggling with mental illness.

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Employee with paper bag with sad face drawn on over their head
People Management
3 min read

Can failure be a useful learning tool?

Leaders need to stop seeing failure as a red flag and start seeing it as an opportunity.

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Manager in Predictive Index workshop
People Management
4 min read

Conflict management: Are you sweeping it under the rug?

Handling conflict and being ready to face it is a key component of being a leader

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People Management
4 min read

3 tips to optimize your creative talent

When it comes to your creative employees, it’s about telling them what to do, not how to do it Nearly all companies want innovation and creativity to keep their business vital, but the fact is many executives aren’t overly comfortable working with creative individuals. Why? They often have fundamentally different mindsets. C-suiters tend to be…

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People highfiving
People Management
10 min read

What I learned from watching a bunch of losers

8 tips for creating better performing organizations in business and sports

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CEO strategies
People Management
2 min read

CEO strategies to meet human capital challenges

Maximizing human capital is the key to driving profitability and meeting your goals

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improving organizational communication
People Management
3 min read

Five steps to improving organizational communication

Whether you’re focusing on management or hiring solutions, you’ll need to create an environment of cohesiveness in order to succeed. Communication and collaboration go hand in hand. Sometimes, businesses need a tune-up to maximize the talking and open conversation amongst employees and teams. How to improve organizational communication Improving the communication and collaborative efforts in…

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Coworkers laughing
People Management
4 min read

How leaders can align workplace culture

As a leader, it’s your responsibility to cultivate and foster a strong workplace culture

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Business people walking
People Management
3 min read

Five ways to improve your sales team’s performance

Rev up your sales team and kick your selling strategy into high gear with these five tips. Keeping your sales team engaged and enthusiastic is a balancing act. Focusing too heavily on weekly or monthly sales goals can cause your salespeople to get stressed out and lose morale, but goals with measurable results are necessary for…

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"I quit!" written on sticky note
People Management
3 min read

How to establish effective retention strategies that stick

Business leaders are always looking for solutions to improve their employee retention rates, as their ability to successfully hold onto top performers has wide-ranging implications that can affect the organization’s performance in multiple ways. Most observers are aware of the significant financial ramifications of employee retention, but what is much less discussed is how the…

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Office cliques
People Management
4 min read

Breaking up workplace cliques

These tips will create interactivity in your organization without workplace cliques. Walking into the office, you feel a certain vibe in the air. Employees are hustling around the room as they are completing projects and nailing deadlines. As a business leader, you want to believe that you have nailed the workplace culture environment. Employee morale…

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Performance rating
People Management
4 min read

Five new ways to evaluate your employees

These tips will make you rethink how you go about employee evaluations.

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Team holding thumbs up
People Management
4 min read

How to build great teammates

Look to these eight tips for building the perfect teammates within your organization.

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