Building a Better Board: 5 Things Every New Board Member Should Know
Important insights that help board members thrive during their tenure.
Category: Personal Development
Why you don’t have to be an extrovert to make it to the top
In research, when looking at the results that leaders delivered, introverted leaders were not any less successful than the extroverts once they got the job.
Smart Leaders Start Movements. Here’s How to Create One Yourself
There are many benefits to going above the brand.
10 ways to make your direct reports more efficient
Most managers are in their roles because they are high performers with high standards. They’ve likely never been coached for low performance or inefficiency, so that makes it doubly difficult when they encounter the situation in their direct reports.
Leadership Styles That Create a Toxic Work Environment
It is important for leaders to assess the ways in which they command and lead their teams. For leaders looking to cultivate a positive and productive environment, here are some leadership styles to avoid like the plague.
Want To Climb Up The Corporate Ladder? Start Here
Leveling up in your career is a long-term game. No one gets promoted overnight. Climbing up the corporate (or entrepreneurial) ladder takes real commitment, hard work combined with strategy and most importantly, patience.
Want to Be a Better Leader? Avoid These 5 Words or Phrases
Buzzwords, while these aren’t necessarily incorrect, they can create confusion for employees when you’re trying to have a conversation with them about expectations.
4 Ways to Help Different Generations Share Wisdom at Work
Ask yourself: When was the last time someone seriously “dropped some knowledge” on you? Something that really grabbed your attention? Your imagination? Made you laugh, shed a tear, both? Something that possibly inspired you to, as Steve Jobs said in his famous Stanford speech, “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” Hopefully it wasn’t as far back as your college graduation. But, chances are, it wasn’t at work.
4 Tips for Planning a Successful Networking Event
Running a networking event doesn’t need to be difficult! With the following pointers, we think you’ll be on your way to a successful event that makes your world a little smaller by enlarging your network.
Why ‘agreeing to disagree’ is a bad management tactic
When you decide to play referee with your team’s disagreement, one of the worst things you can end the argument with is “agreeing to disagree.”