by admin | Apr 10, 2012 | Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Management Tips
In my last blog, I discussed the Progress Principle, which theorizes that the more frequently people experience a sense of progress, the more likely they are to be creatively productive in the long run. So how exactly do you inspire progress and help employees...
by admin | Mar 27, 2012 | Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Management Tips
Often teams focus solely on the end result, or task they are to achieve. Why? Because senior-management generally focuses on long-term strategy, scaling and budgeting, so they delegate these type of tasks to their teams. But what about the actual teams who are...
by admin | Nov 15, 2011 | Leadership Development, Management Tips
A lot of big words for a simple theory. Or as Boyd so eloquently puts it in the recent Fast Company article, “People want to be inspired, not lectured. They tend to respond better to humor and gentle reminders than they do to dictates or presumptions of guilt before...
by admin | May 27, 2011 | Generation Y, Generational Differences at Work, Management Tips
A recent post on the Harvard Business Review blog by Michael Fertik noted “The best managers of younger employees are people who would otherwise love teaching for a living.” Do you agree? We know that Gen Y seek praise and affirmation; they appreciate guidance and...
by admin | Jun 24, 2010 | Baby Boomer, Generation X, Generation Y, Generational Differences at Work
We hear generational stereotypes all the time. How many times have you heard: Why do Boomers have to print every email? Don’t they know they’re killing trees? Why does Gen Y have to be online all the time? Can’t they have a face-to-face conversation? Why does Gen X...
