Tue.Jun 02, 2015

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The Chronically Unhappy Employee

Lead Change Blog

If you’re in HR or people management, you’ve likely met a chronically discontented worker—the employee who keeps asking for role tweaks, reassignment to a different team, project, or boss, relocation to a sunnier climate, and a desk in a quieter location. The employee’s internal dialogue? “If only I could work with different people/in a different group/in a different office/in a different role, I would be happy.”.

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Time Machine Tuesday: E is for Effective Time Management to Ensure Balance in Your Life: Go Ride a Bike!

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 13 July 2013. “Time = life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.” Alan Lakein. Of course you’ve probably heard the sayings “go fly a kite” or “stop and smell the roses.

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A Lesson On Bringing Out The Best In Those You Lead

Tanveer Naseer

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about the various characteristics and perspectives leaders need to have to be successful in bringing out the best in those they lead. Sharing some of these insights has brought to mind a question I was asked recently following one of my presentations on leadership. The question I was asked revolved around how can a leader encourage those under their care to challenge their assumptions of what they’re capable of in order to help them to grow

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Don’t be Boring When You Talk About Yourself

Leadership Freak

You’re at a conference and someone asks, “What do you do?” What they really mean is, “Who’s the big dog?” Reject the need to impress. Ignite imagination, instead. Boring: I’m VP of … I’m Director of… I’m the new … When someone asks, “What do you do,” don’t tell them! Don’t try to impress.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Leadership Strengths Can Turn into Weaknesses

Great Leadership By Dan

This post recently appeared on SmartBlog on Leadership : When it comes to leadership, is there such thing as too much of a good thing? There sure can be! In fact, just about any weakness can be attributed to one or more strengths that are overused. In a recent talent review meeting, the executive team was discussing the strengths and development needs of a promising up and coming leader.

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The Power of Long-Form Content in Your Marketing Strategy

Women on Business

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Make Sure You’re Stepping Forward, Not On

Lead from Within

Working with organizations you meet all kinds of people. There are those who step forward with genuine interest to help and learn—and then there are those whose idea of moving forward is to step over others. You might not recognize these people at first, because they like to talk about being of service and make a show of being obliging. But their actual agenda has nothing to do with helping anyone but with covering up the limitations of their leadership.

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Introducing Solomon Cloud Solutions

Six Disciplines

Exciting news for the Six Disciplines community! The owners (Gary Harpst, Vern Strong and Jack Ridge) of Six Disciplines own or are invested in several technology based organizations. This Solomon Cloud Solutions blog post describes a reorganization of all those companies to better leverage shared cloud technology investments under the umbrella organization called Solomon Cloud Solutions.

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Six Inspirational Maxims For Leaders

Eric Jacobson

I so appreciate this advice from William Arthur Ward , one of America's most quoted writers of inspirational maxims: Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

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StrategyDriven Welcomes Ruth Todd, PhD

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven is proud to welcome Dr. Ruth Todd as a StrategyDriven Advisory Services Senior Advisor. A highly experienced nuclear power consultant, Ruth leads StrategyDriven's information technology and cyber security services. "We are thrilled to have Ruth join our StrategyDriven team," says Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven President and CEO. "Her extensive knowledge and experience in information technology and cyber security adds a critical dimension to our advisory services practice and brings t

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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5 Tips when Communicating with Women

Ron Edmondson

I recently posted 5 Tips when Communicating with Men. I promised a companion post. I should say I don’t feel as comfortable with this side of the discussion. Obviously, this is not my gender. I love my wife — and I study her. I have worked with hundreds of couples — many times in distress. Still, I don’t feel I’m qualified to speak for the gender.

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Persuasion Depends Mostly on the Audience

Harvard Business Review

Dale Carnegie once noted that the only way to get someone to do something is to get that person to want to do something. Thus all persuasion is ultimately self-persuasion. Even if I put a gun to your head, you are still free to decide what to do, albeit admittedly somewhat constrained. Scientific meta-analyses show that we are more likely to be persuaded when requests are congruent with our values, self-image, and future goals.

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Be a Leader Who Can Admit Mistakes

Harvard Business Review

This might sound obvious, but if you want to build a more engaged workforce you need to, well, engage. That means, whether you are a CEO or a frontline manager, you need to be working hard to connect, face-to-face, with your people. That can mean anything from walking around and making pit stops in offices and cubicles to holding town hall discussions with your teams and staying to answer questions afterward.

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It’s OK to Move Down (Yes, Down) the Value Chain

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” This seems to make a great deal of sense: Moving to higher- and higher-value work (from the customer’s perspective) makes it possible to command a higher margin.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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What It Was Like to Be a Manager in Ukraine

Harvard Business Review

Most of the world views the turmoil in Ukraine as a geopolitical and humanitarian catastrophe. In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. When peaceful protests turned into violent clashes between demonstrators and police, and fighting engulfed the nation, every rule of normal business collapsed.

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Going on Vacation Doesn’t Have to Stress You Out at Work

Harvard Business Review

Vacations are the things that dreams and cruise commercials are made of. Ideally, you come back refreshed, recharged and ready to go. But sometimes, the exact opposite is true. Who among us hasn’t said at some point, usually the day before we leave, “Trying to take this vacation is so stressful, it would have been better not to go at all!

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Customer-Centric Org Charts Aren’t Right for Every Company

Harvard Business Review

The new conventional wisdom on corporate structure is that companies can do better by organizing themselves around customer groups. The logic sounds compelling: A customer-centric structure , as the approach is known, can help a company understand its customers better, develop deeper relationships with them, and improve customer satisfaction. Some 30% of Fortune 500 firms, including Intel, Dell, IBM, and American Express, are already on board, and the numbers are growing all the time.

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Innovation Isn’t the Answer to All Your Problems

Harvard Business Review

What should leaders do to boost their organization’s ability to innovate? There’s a seemingly endless list of options to consider. Set up a new-growth group. Launch an idea contest. Change the reward systems. Run an action-learning program to develop the top leadership team’s ability to confront ambiguity. Form a venture investment fund.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.