Career path
Know a Micro-Manager? Read This
We’ve all experienced a boss who micro-manages our work and know this behavior is frustrating and demotivating. Here’s what to do about it.
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence
EQ – A Journey to Personal and Professional Success “The capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.” Emotional Intelligence (EQ) refers to the ability to identify and manage one’s own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. Having Emotional Intelligence requires us to understand how emotions…
Read MoreIs your job spiraling into (un)planned obsolescence?
Will robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, the buzzwords of this decade, disrupt your job? Here are the types of situations that are at risk: Tasks that are simple and repetitious Functions that take require decisions that can easily be taught to another Jobs that involve data entry from disparate sources Tasks that provide reactive…
Read MoreLeadership Begins and Ends with Honesty
When you look back over bosses you respected, bosses that were okay and bosses that were, how can I say it, needing a significant reboot, what made them different? I liked a boss that was honest with me. It seemed they knew when I messed up, it was unintentional. Now that doesn’t mean they overlooked…
Read MorePunish or Pamper?
On CBS Morning there was a piece titled Punish or Pamper. The news story was about how to maximize productivity in the workplace. Why is this an either/or issue? Is managing a team just about punish or pamper? I don’t think so… There are times when employees need and deserve to be pampered, and conversely,…
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