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Creating a High Functioning and Inviting Home Office
Working
from home sounds great – the lack of commute, dress code and the ability to
structure your day how you see fit all make telecommuting an aspiration for a
lot of workers. Getting the right set up at home can make or break your routine,
though.…

Saving the Planet While At Work
You already know saving the planet is the right thing to do. But did you know you can make an impact on the environment while you are working? Making an office “green-er” isn’t a hard. Here are a couple of ideas to…

How to Show Your Boss You’re Ready for a Promotion
If you have put in the hard work and are hungry for more responsibility, you may be ready for a promotion. Moving up the corporate ladder might have been your goal from the beginning, or perhaps you started to recognize the value of your work…

Preparing for A Tough Conversation
Every day, we engage in dozens of conversations around the office. Most of these are positive and support existing relationships. Talking to our team members can help us further our work on a project or get us out of a creative rut. Despite…

Helping Others Develop Leadership Skills: Why You Should Do it and How
As a leader, you know that developing leadership skills was an integral part of your career advancement strategy. But many people just starting on their career journeys have not yet taken the initiative to develop these skills. Helping others…

How to Set Effective Goals for the New Year
New Year’s resolutions get a bad rap. The term is usually used to refer to forgotten goals or dropped hobbies. But the New Year is also a time for new beginnings and new habits. Setting clear career goals for the new year can be more than…

Encouraging Your Employees Leads to Better Business Outcomes
As a leader, embracing an attitude of empowerment is crucial to maintaining a high-performance team. Empowered employees are more confident, creative, and able to resolve issues without micromanagement. Having confident and caring employees…

Being Human as a Leader
It pays to care
There was a time in the not so distant past when a compassionate, humble and honest leader would be considered weak and doomed to fail. My, how times have changed. These days it is the human leaders who are most admired and…

Is It Your Job to Motivate Others?
A colleague of mine spent all summer building a team with long-term temp employees. She thought things were going well. Then a big client project came along with tight deadlines. The project was challenging, but also an exciting new opportunity…

How to Become a Meeting Master (or Maven)
Meetings are testing grounds for leaders. This is where you can show your strengths and generate ideas. It can also be a time of boredom and frustration for meeting attendees. Fortunately, by following a few simple tips you can keep your meetings…

Making a Great Leader
Great leadership can be an invaluable tool that, when used correctly, can hone a group into a highly effective team. I recently asked my Facebook Community to describe a great leader in one word. Some of the terms that came up in the conversation…

Communication Skills on the Job
Every job today demands top notch communication skills. George Bernard Shaw once said, “The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.” You may have been on the receiving end of this illusion once or…

Getting the Most out of Interviews: Making Candidates Feel Comfortable
The interview process is designed to assess which candidate should be hired to fill a job vacancy. In order for a hiring manager to learn all they can about a candidate during this process, it is imperative to engage in meaningful conversations…

What is Your Online Reputation?
Whether you are looking for a job or establishing yourself as a leader in your organization, your social media presence counts. Good resumes are a first step, but that alone doesn’t cut it anymore. Is your social media working for you or against…

Turn a Difficult Conversation into a Productive One
Good news conversations are easy. Your leadership really gets tested, however, in the difficult ones. There are many reasons why leaders need to have difficult conversations. It could be an employee’s poor work performance is impacting the…

Transitioning Into Leadership
You have been asked to take on a leadership role. Now what?
The transition into leadership can seem daunting, but don’t let yourself become overwhelmed. If you have been asked to lead that means others recognize your potential and believe…

Are YOU Leadership Material?
Leadership.
This word conjures images of powerful political leaders, CEOs, and other important figures, but leadership is done in other ways. There is the caring doctor, who gently leads a patient to an important conclusion. Or the team…

Plant the Tree
There is a Chinese Proverb that states: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now”
Let’s look closer at this concept. If a tree was planted 20 years ago, it would be large enough by now to enjoy…

Quitting Without a Backup Plan
You aren’t enjoying your job. But, you have been told so many times that you don’t quit your job until you have another one lined up. If you are trying to figure out your next step, follow these guidelines to determine if quitting before…
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