Last week I discussed why employees are more productive with praise vs. punishment. When people “feel” better they perform better. This week I saw an op-ed piece from the NY Times, “Why You Hate Work,” which seemed like a great follow-up to last week’s blog. … Read more
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a piece about several companies, including Yahoo, moving away from the “negative feedback” given during performance reviews. Rather, they are focusing on what employees do well and how they can do more of whatever their successful skills and traits are. … Read more
There is a lot written today about which gender makes a better leader and depending upon the perspective, there are varying opinions. Recently, there was also an article in Fast Company about how women leaders were reviewed more harshly for “personality” or “emotional” characteristics, while … Read more
What? Can this possibly be true? According to a recent article in Inc. Magazine, it is. An extensive research study done by TalentSmart measured leaders’ Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and correlated that to company performance. Chinese leaders scored almost 15 points on average higher than their … Read more
For most of us, this is a time for reflection, both personally and professionally. What did we hope to accomplish this year vs. what we actually accomplished? Sometimes there is cause for celebration, but more often than not, it’s a time to rethink, revise, and … Read more
Entrepreneurs are famous for always thinking about “what’s next,” however what’s next can often come at the expense of what is. You’ve heard of “bright shiny object” syndrome? It’s the entrepreneurial version of Attention Deficit Disorder. Chapter 10 of my book, Putting together the Entrepreneurial … Read more
One can’t help but read the headlines today and get a little depressed by all the fear that is being put out there. Whether it’s stories about Ebola, ISIS, elections, global warming or just about anything else that someone has an opinion on fear mongering … Read more
“Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, most everybody gets busy on the proof.” -John Kenneth Galbraith I love this quote, because it’s spot on. We would rather spend hours defending our position than entertain … Read more
Compromise as a noun is described as an “agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions – an ability to listen to two sides in a dispute, and devise a compromise acceptable to both.” As a verb it … Read more
In our quest to find the key to building great companies we look for the easiest and fastest solutions. The “solution du jour” seems to be CEOs trying to make employees happy by providing all sorts of perks. The not so surprising result is that … Read more