by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Management Tips
I’ve blogged before about the possibility of work-life balance. Recently, Inc.com featured an article concerning Marissa Mayer, the much blogged about new Yahoo CEO who recently had a baby. Mayer claims that burnout, or physical and mental exhaustion from work, is not...
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 21, 2011 | Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Management Tips
Intangible rewards are often the best kind of reward. That’s where we left off on the last blog. Positive reinforcement is a way to remind employees of the type of culture and behaviors you want emulated. Intangible rewards are a great way to encourage a specific type...
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...
