Leadership
Essential Insights For Leaders Who Manage By Autocracy
Trying to be a business leader by instilling fear in your employees and partners is never a good approach, but it is particularly devastating in a startup. Yet I see this autocratic approach used all…
7 Skills You Need to Become a Chief Strategy Officer
A Chief Strategy Officer is the person who oversees the development, implementation, and follow-up of corporate strategies and reports to the CEO or works closely with other executives and directors of departments. While their main…
The Great Resignation: 4 Strategies to Overcome Disengagement & Attrition
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were a record 11.5 million job openings at the end of March 2022. We’re still in the midst of the Great Resignation, and with employees leaving…
3 Ways to Get Your Organization to Embrace Change
In the business world, being unable to make a shift — be it to new leadership, new partners, new processes, or new approaches — is often seen as resistance. Being resistant to change has become a term for…
What All Managers Need to Know About Employee Retention
Do you dread the process of finding a replacement to fill an open position? You likely do both because of the cost involved, the uncertainty about work ethic from the person you’re hiring and the…
5 Practical Things Every Manager Should Do to Help Their Team Succeed
Unfortunately, great managers are hard to find, and their unpleasantness may have nothing to do with their personality. Good leaders aren’t born, they’re made, but there isn’t a universal blueprint for what managerial style is…
Why You Might NOT Want Your Workplace to Feel Like Family
Many organizations want to create a warm and supportive environment for their workers — in their own words, they want their employees to feel like a happy, loving family. However, for many workers, the phrase…
10 Core Values Every Leader Should Possess
What makes a good leader? Most people intertwine leadership beliefs and values with personal values. According to Jozef (Jos) Opdeweegh, international CEO and author of Fair Value: a manifesto for leadership, leaders must ensure their…
Importance Of Training: Why You Should Invest In Employee Development
No matter what business you are in, training your staff is essential to your success. When employees are properly trained, they can do their jobs more effectively and efficiently. They also learn how to work…
11 Ways to Sustainably Grow While Cutting Costs of Business
With prices rising all the time and pressure to respect the planet, you might look for ways to sustainability grow while cutting costs of business. Being green or eco-friendly doesn’t need to cost the earth….