I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, you must give your employees feedback on a regular and consistent basis. This point is important now more than ever. Working from home, and now the potential hybrid mix of working from home and the office, makes feedback imperative. Employees have less contact with their managers … Continue Reading
As more states start to open up, some businesses have started heading back to the office while other companies have found that remote work really isn’t all that bad. Whether you’re headed back into the office or are going to be sticking at home for a while, now is a great time to brush up … Continue Reading
As most of us have been working from home for at least a month now and have started to settle in to this new way of doing business, it is a great time to stop and reflect about how you can help your team be at its best no matter their locale. Here are some … Continue Reading
A global pandemic like this has never been seen before and it has forced us into a new pattern. What I call skill shifting. People around the world are learning to use the expertise and knowledge that they have built over years and years of hard work, to do something else. Something new. Shifting their … Continue Reading
As most of America has now been forced into working from home, managers are having to shift the way that they manage their employees. Everything has to be done virtually, via email, phone, or video conference. As if managing wasn’t hard enough, now you have to deal with physical distance as well. If you are … Continue Reading
When a company is in crisis, due to factors outside their control, the CEO’s presence (or lack thereof) will define how that company manages through that crisis. Understanding how your presence affects those around you is perhaps one of the more difficult aspects of being a CEO. However, it’s also a critical part of self-awareness … Continue Reading
We are experiencing unprecedented times. Never before have we seen a pandemic of this global scale. Everyone around the world, has been affected by COVID-19 in some way. Whether you’re in Italy under full quarantine or in the US being socially distant, the world has come to a grinding halt. A halt that has been … Continue Reading
This is the twenty-second installment in our 25 week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Self Starting. Self Starting is a fairly self-explanatory skill. Formally, … Continue Reading
This is the twentieth installment in our 25 week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Personal Accountability. Personal Accountability has a straightforward definition: Being answerable … Continue Reading
This is the nineteenth installment in our 25 week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Problem Solving. Problem Solving is defining, analyzing and diagnosing key … Continue Reading
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