How many times have you heard how important a leader is to your employees’ engagement? Even for your own engagement – your direct boss usually has more influence over your engagement than a leader in another department. The way your leader communicates, can very well be the deciding factor between…
Treating your employee-focused communications differently than your external communications is paramount to being able to connect with the very people who make your company great. Here are five reasons, why employee communications is important for you and your company’s overall success. 1. Connect your employees with the company’s mission When…
We will forever be working with at least a few annoying coworkers. And depending on your personality or work style, you may “see” annoying attributes in more people than not. The goal here is to stop spiraling down the annoyance drain when you have to interact with these people — especially…
Starting a new job or having a new boss is always intimidating. You’re walking into a new situation, somewhat blind with high expectations of what’s to come. Without even knowing about it, you rub your new boss the wrong way… and all because you stumbled over the “respect is earned, not…
It sometimes seems like it will never stop – in high school there were whispers and notes passed and maybe outright words said to you. In college it may have felt less… life threatening, but then you go to work. And you just can’t shake the feeling that people are…
People love giving feedback to others – it’s a way for us to interact, connect, and feel as though we are part of something. But feedback can be a hard pill to swallow, especially when it isn’t as positive as you hoped, or ahem, shall I say “constructive?” I learned…
The alarm starts blaring and your entire 5th grade class covers their ears and then promptly lines up to quickly exit the building without talking and staying in a single-file line, to go to your designated spot in the parking lot for roll call. That’s a fire drill… right? Until you…
Fairness is a term that varies on each person’s perspective. Which makes it incredibly hard to quantify or measure, when you feel as though you’re not given a “fair shake” at work. One of the first things that employees say when they are put on a performance improvement plan, or…
It happens every day. Someone in my Twitter feed or Facebook timeline, does or says something that makes me cringe. Not because they are using foul language (you know to be careful with that, right?), or that they are being overtly inappropriate. But because they are being a whiny, pain…