Retaining Great Employees
I previously wrote about recruiting new talent in order to ensure a strong and vibrant work force. The vital next step is retaining excellent employees once you have them on board. Building a team is...
View ArticleWhy The Way We Motivate People—And Ourselves—Matters
Look at the next meeting on your calendar. Are you motivated to attend it? This might sound like a silly question, but I ask it to make this point: asking if you are motivated raises more questions...
View ArticleYou suck! Why criticism is more powerful than praise
Whether it’s for possibly starting world war III, a questionable stance on same-sex relationships or simply not showing their legs, people receive criticism for pretty much anything. But the effects...
View ArticleSECURE CHILDREN: 5 mistakes to avoid in raising kids
FOR children to feel "secure" within the family and for parents to feel the same equally concerning their children irrespective of how well to do the family might be, is one of, if not the greatest,...
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If you’ve ever thought that your boss is a psychopath, Craig Neumann can assure you that you’re probably wrong. Probably. But not always. Psychopaths — defined as individuals who are self-centered,...
View ArticleHow Is Your Small Business Managing Millennials in the Workplace?
One of the many challenges small businesses face today is integrating and managing Millennial employees with other generations of their workforce. Millennials are the newest generation of workers, and...
View ArticleWhy Giving Everyone a Trophy Sets Us Up for Failure at Work and in Life
Giving away meaningless trophies doesn't inspire anyone to new heights of improved performance. Nor does it build self-esteem. The token trophy movement that started in peewee soccer is having a...
View ArticleIs Your Boss Bringing You Down Or Pushing You Forward?
Having been blessed with a parade of truly terrific bosses, I know how vital a supportive manager is to your overall job experience and development, especially in the early stages of your career. At...
View ArticleOur perception of time says everything about how we handle our finances
If you want to get better at managing your finances, stop fussing over dollars and cents — instead, take a good hard look at how you perceive time. Philip Zimbardo, psychology professor at Stanford...
View ArticleGen Y at work: Debunking some myths
Can Gen Y workers cope without constant rewards? Photo: Andrew Quilty Let's go over a few of the most common preconceptions about the millennial generation - Generation Y - those currently aged 21 to...
View ArticleWhat is ‘cop on’, and why does your child need it?
As a child and adolescent psychotherapist I am repeatedly asked difficult questions: “At what age should I give my child a smartphone?” “When can I allow my child have SnapChat?” “When is it okay for...
View ArticleHelping your ADHD child be successful
By Vicki S. Davey, M.A., M.Ed. Kids with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) are probably the most misunderstood children of all. We know and understand our own children who are ADHD and...
View ArticleWhy giving everyone a trophy sets us up for failure at work, and life
Giving away meaningless trophies doesn’t inspire anyone to new heights of improved performance. Nor does it build self-esteem. The token trophy movement that started in peewee soccer is having a...
View ArticleThat is your child
“We are gonna have a baby!” Most married couples get excited when they hear those words. A baby is a start to a new beginning. The couple has vowed to love one another and now together they are going...
View Article9 Ways to Scare the Socks Off Your Millennials This Halloween
This Halloween, Gen X, Baby Boomers, and Gen U (un-retired) are excited to scare the living daylights out of their office newbies. In addition to spiders in cups, popping out of break-room cupboards,...
View ArticleInvasion of the Annual Reviews
I don’t know many people who look forward to performance evaluations — on the giving or the receiving side. Enlarge This Image Koren Shadmi In a previous job, I had to prepare and deliver them, and I...
View ArticleThe Dumbest Mistake That Smart People Make
It was a little past 1:00 a.m, and I sat alone at the dining room table. If only I had listened to my tired body and gone to sleep, I might have saved a friendship and a business partnership. Instead,...
View ArticleConfront With Care>
To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable. ~Barry Goldwater Few leaders can avoid confrontation. There are simply too many items and employees that require oversight and guidance. The likelihood...
View ArticleSurvey: Human Resources Managers Cite Lack of Communication as Main Source of...
MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Poor communication may do the greatest harm to workplace morale, suggests a new Accountemps survey. One-third (33 percent) of human resources (HR)...
View ArticleStart now to select your New Year's resolutions for 2014
With about one month left of 2013, it's not too early to start identifying your New Year's resolutions for 2014 for your professional life. To help you start, how about selecting one or more of these...
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