Having difficult co-workers is something almost everyone must cope with during their careers. If your peers present a daily challenge, following this simple advice ensures you are successful in a difficult job environment. Know how to recognize bullying: True bullying at work isn’t acceptable and you should take action to stop it. Before… Read More »
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The Right Way to Work With Your Staffing Firm Through the Product Life Cycle
When your company produces a product, you must have the right people to complete each step in the sequence of stages to get your product to market. From the time a product is conceived until the time it is in the hands of consumers, you staff must execute an endless array of tasks. The success… Read More »
Four Ways to Improve Your Communication
Communication is the key to success in business. Communicating with customers, suppliers and employees are part of your daily responsibilities. If you have efficient communication skills, you can be successful in all forms of communication, from providing instructions to closing deals. Unfortunately, sometimes being an effective communicator is hard. Here’s the good news: you… Read More »
5 Ways to Make Your Transition into Leadership Easier
It’s exciting to transition into a leadership role at work, but being put in charge is also stressful. When your staff is looking to you, you must be ready to become a strong leader. These five tips can ease your transition into taking the helm. Be realistic – your transition won’t be a… Read More »
How to Give Your Team Feedback That Sticks
Company leaders have to give feedback to staff members on a consistent basis – good or bad. Your ability to give feedback shapes how well your team performs. You want your staff members to listen to what you have to say, to respect your opinion, and to follow through on implementing long-term improvements. Giving feedback… Read More »
Why Managers Should Encourage Employees’ Leadership Skills
Having a great management team requires not only good recruiting, but a developmental process for long-term success. Hiring managers from within ensures your management team has a full perspective of the company and its processes. Developing your employees’ leadership skills is still beneficial even if you never promote them to a managerial role. Your employees… Read More »
5 Leadership Styles That Improve the Manager-Employee Relationship
The new year is your time to improve as a person. For managers, this means taking the time to evaluate your effectiveness as a leader. So what does an effective leader look like? As you work on how to become a better manager in 2017, don’t just focus on improving the manager you were… Read More »
Reevaluate Your Management Skills in the New Year
Everyone takes the new year to improve themselves both personally and professionally. If you are a manager, this may be the year you reinvent yourself and your management style to better suit your team. As new hires roll in along with the new year, it’s good to spend time reevaluating your skills as a manager… Read More »
Revamp Your Onboarding Process in 2017 with These 5 Strategies
Onboarding is one of the most overlooked processes in all of business. Yet it affects each one of your new hires, your HR department and has a major impact on budget through costly high turnover rates. When turnover is high, managers spend too much time recruiting and less time actually managing existing employees. Many managers associate high… Read More »
How to Keep Your Team Engaged During the Holidays
Make your end-of-year deadlines without skipping a beat, even with the holidays, by keeping your team engaged. Avoiding holiday distractions is nearly impossible. This is why if you want to keep your team focused through the holidays, you shouldn’t avoid distractions at all. Rather, your emphasis should be on embracing these distractions that come with… Read More »