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How to use the collective intelligence in the room
Over my career, I have likely spent more than 15,000 hours in meetings. The excellent sessions had the right people in the room. All the participants came to the meeting […]Read More »Simple Strategies to Build a Collaborative Workplace
Workplaces will always have people who like to fly solo — dark horses, rogues, nonconformists and the individual geniuses. However, as the benefits of collaboration become more evident to the […]Read More »How to use Neuroscience for Remarkable Business Success
I help leaders develop self- mastery, helping them to become confident in their inner guidance. Moreover, I collaborate with leadership experts, managers and HR professionals to help them get their […]Read More »An Exceptional Boss is rare. However, you may have the talent to be one.
Have you got an exceptional boss? It is better than working for a great company! Employees describe a great boss as someone respectful, supportive, honest, and compassionate. Moreover, most of all, […]Read More »How to Tackle the Challenges of Digital Transformation
The accelerating rate of change in business, the economy and society challenges both business and HR to adopt new rules for leading, organizing, motivating, managing and engaging the 21st-century workforce. […]Read More »Managing Performance Management — Lessons from Google
Google hires people with no human resources experience to work in its People Operations function. This approach enables the tech company to produce modern ways of managing performance management. Project […]Read More »Ninety Percent of People Regret Rushing Career Choice
Nearly all people are harbouring regrets about their rushing career choice and blaming lack of time for mistakes. A survey of people aged between 21-65 showed that nine out of […]Read More »Uncover your best self—find your micro-motives—play the judgement game
For generations, success required us to be the same as everyone else in our field, only better. This "standard formula" works for fifteen to twenty percent of the people. However, […]Read More »What Matters Most to Today’s Well-Informed Workers
Job candidates have tremendous access to employer information today. That had altered the way well-informed workers find and consider new work opportunities. Here's a look at how the search process […]Read More »Want to Make the Right Decision? You Should Not Be So Quick to Go with Your Gut.
Intuition is an essential trait of executives. However, you ought to resist the urge to go immediately with your gut when weighing a significant business matter to arrive at the […]Read More »How to Stand Out — Most People Embellish and Mislead During Job Interviews
There is something about the job interview process that encourages candidates to stretch the truth about their skills and work experience. A research team led by Jordan Ho, a Ph.D. candidate […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »Want a Scientifically Proven Way to Find a Great Career?
Mary Larson, CEO of L&C Strategic Advisory Consultants, as a guest blogger for SuccessFinder’s series: “Lessons in Female Leadership” offers her perspectives of the value in using scientifically sound analytics […]Read More »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. […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »Insights That Will Make You Think and Grow — February Summary
February Summary of Insights Our focus is on serving your needs. On the first Saturday of each month, we publish a summary of our insights from the previous month. Here […]Read More »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 […]Read More »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 […]Read More »
