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While watching teams select talent at NHL draft from Dallas, Brian Burke commented that despite all scouting and resources the success in the first round in only 52%. He mentioned...
How to Undermine Your Reputation
It seems like we are all pretty good at shooting ourselves in the foot. Every day we are reading about another dominant figure imploding on their egregious misdeeds. Our natural...
How to Create A High-Performance Team
"If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.” — Thomas Edison We all want to be part of a successful high-performance team. However, it happens to all of...
How Blockchain-Based Technology Will Revolutionize HR Forever
Blockchain is about to change our way of doing business. Blockchain-based technology is about to revolutionize our way of doing business, but probably not in the way that you think....
“How can I improve?” v. “What will they think?” | Development v. Perfection
The fear of failure and our desire to be loved and admired creates pressure to appear as being perfect. “What will they think?” — is an externally-focused perfectionism question. Authentic...
Three Stories You Should Tell to Have Greater Meaning at Work
A journey is rarely a matter of merely pointing at your goal and pressing the gas. It is often about the stories you tell yourself, your team, and your organization....
How to Be A Remarkable Problem Solver
An excellent problem solver is a good thinker. To begin with, they tend to have fewer problems and less drama at work. Moreover, they do not get too emotional when...
How to Handle Negative Emotions — Reappraisal
At work, we all experience emotions such as frustration, anger, fear, and excitement. However, how a leader handles these feelings goes a long way toward shaping the work environment. They...
How to Manage Your Perfectionism for Career Success
Some view perfectionism is an illusion. They believe it makes them better, while others see it as harming us. They are both right. Like any high-performance traits, you must manage them...
How to be An Exceptionally Likeable Person
Most people mistakenly believe that being likeable comes from natural traits. They see a likeable person as someone who is good looking, fiercely social, and incredibly talented. So, you are...
Does Your Lack of Confidence Limit Your Career Success?
Confidence is a complicated thing. It ebbs and flows over a lifetime. Moreover, it is hard to pinpoint why. You may have allowed negative feedback or situations to undermine your...
How to Create a Breakthrough in Organizational Performance
What’s the most significant thing you can do to ensure organizational performance so that progress continues? Adopting an evidence-based mindset, an open-minded attitude that would seek to identify what has...
How to Build Your Start-Up Team for Success
A common failure for entrepreneurs is they “live in a vacuum,” as Steve Tobak put it in his post on Entrepreneur. Noteably, they become razor focused on their idea and vision,...
How to Quickly and Successfully Climb the Career Ladder
It’s not about leaders. It’s about leadership. Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall."—Stephen Covey Leaders play...
How to Match High-Performers to the Right Roles
The allocation of financial capital is a critical driver of an organization’s performance. However, the value of managing and allocating human capital is less widely known. We consider an employee’s...
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