16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School
What do you wish someone had told you in school or you had just learned earlier in life? Henrick Edberg shared his insights on the Positivity Blog, about a decade...
How Organizations Hurt Themselves by Not Seeing the Difference Between High Performance—High Potential
If your organization is like most, you find your next leaders from a pool of your top performers. They might be salespeople or project managers skilled developers, or engineers, but...
How to be Likable – 13 Behaviours Likable People Engage In
Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few — the good-looking, the fiercely social, and...
50% of New Hires Fail! 6 Ugly Numbers Revealing Recruiting’s Dirty Little Secret
Large corporations have thousands of business processes. However, I doubt that you have ever heard of a single process that has a 50 percent failure rate. So your firm’s executives...
Bosses need our empathy and help
Everyone likes to moan about their boss, but unhappiness at work often goes beyond venting to colleagues over sandwiches or a pint. A Gallup study found that almost 50 percent...
Behaviour And The Million Dollar Hiring Risk
In the highly-regulated nuclear energy sector, it takes many years of rigorous, training to become licensed for the ultimate safety management role of Shift Supervisor. And that training, including simulation...
How to Succeed at Executive Succession Planning
Executives leave organizations for many reasons. Many organizations are not successful in their executive succession planning. The prime reason is that they do not devote enough time to prepare, according...
Want a Scientifically Proven Way to Find a Great Career?
Build it in the Company of Smart, Kind People Mary Larson, CEO of L&C Strategic Advisory Consultants, as a guest blogger for SuccessFinder’s series: “Lessons in Female Leadership” offers her...
People leave managers, not organizations
We have all heard it before that people leave managers, not organizations. The top benefit any employee can have is an excellent manager. However, no one is talking about it....
Speaking Truth, for the Most Part, to Power
“Honesty is the best policy. Speaking truth except when it is not. Being selective in the truth one divulges can sometimes be the better choice.” — Gabrielle Parish, founder and...
The Link Between Design Thinking And Resilience
In 2009, my law career stalled. I was burned out and ready to make a professional change. However, I had no idea where to start or what my next step...
Predicting Job Performance: Do Personality Tests Work?
Note: This is the first in a two-part series on Predicting Job Performance - Part Two — Behavioural Assessments Work! HR Leaders, trying to make hiring decisions more objective, often...
5-Hour Rule: If you’re not spending 5 hours per week learning, you’re being irresponsible
"In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time — none. Zero.” — Charlie Munger, Self-made billionaire...
How to Achieve Remarkable Success in Your Mid-Career Crisis
Elliot Jaques coined the phrase “midlife crisis” in 1965. This psychoanalyst pointed to the dramatic shifts in the creative lives of artists from Michelangelo to Gauguin, who felt unfulfilled by...
What You Need to Know to Map Your Path to Career Success
Frequently I engage with future leaders, students, folks early in their careers or those who are well on their way about the things they need to know to map their...
How to Make the Most Out of Your Career Path Charting Efforts
Developing a career takes time and attention. However, many people get sidetracked when planning careers or pursuing job opportunities. Charting your career path is worth the time investment. I recommend...
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