A positive workplace results in more productivity and success. Find practical tips on how to create a more positive workplace on my blog.
Positive feedback leads to better results and happier employees. Gallup, the polling agency that has been focusing on employee engagement, is just out with new numbers and a white paper on “Why Employees are Fed Up with Feedback.” Their polling reveals how negative feedback demotivates managers and employees alike in overwhelming numbers. As Gallup reports, only 14% of managers feel good about their ability to give feedback. And a whopping 89.1% of employees who get negative feedback report feeling not…
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Can you learn Emotional Intelligence? The short answer is: yes! Three tips to increase your EI.
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Are you biting your pencil in frustration at not knowing what to do about a boss who doesn’t empower you to do your best work? It’s a problem that’s more common than people like to think about. Bosses are people too, with all the fears, problems, inner conflicts, trials, and tribulations of daily life. Even if you like and admire your boss, and even if you like your job, it can sometimes feel like your boss is in the way.…
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Get through your holiday blues without giving into them. In spite of holiday parties at work and at home, carolers at the mall, and all those twinkling lights, a lot of people aren’t feeling the holiday cheer. Holidays can bring on the blues, leaving you feeling sad, isolated, and even mournful. It may seem counter-intuitive, but in order to dispel these feelings, it’s important to first acknowledge and honor them. The more you try to ignore them, the more often…
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We’ve all seen out-sized reactions: when little incidents trigger big responses. If we’re honest with ourselves, most of us would admit that at one time or another, it’s happened to us. In an office place, out-sized reactions that can wreak havoc. In my teaching days, there was a teacher who used to throw chalk at his students when they were whispering. Eventually he threw a book and was fired. Once I saw the director of a non-profit demean his entire…
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