How to Effectively Complain
Nobody likes the idea of being seen as a complainer, yet it is critical to speak up when something needs to change. The key is knowing how to do it effectively.
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How to Motivate Your Staff
Just like you can’t spot reduce in the gym, it doesn’t really work to spot motivate. Just as you need to create a habit and environment of better health to achieve it, you also need to create an environment and habit of motivating your staff.
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How to Attract Ideal Candidates
You want the best. But before you even get to the interview, you want to make sure that your team is set up to attract the very best candidates.
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Helping your Reach Goals
We all know the importance of setting goals – they help performance, team satisfaction and participation, and profitability. However, setting a good goal is not the same as achieving said goal. One of the scientifically proven formulas for goal achievement is combining macro goals with micro quotas. I realize that in a lot of work…
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Job Skills For The Future
The world, and the technology that keeps it running, is changing more and more quickly every day. With change comes new jobs, which need a completely different skill set than the ones we use in our careers today. Although this may seem daunting, you can stay ahead of the game by diversifying your skills right…
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Introverts, Extroverts, and Ambiverts at Work
There’s been a lot of discussion about introversion and extroversion in the media lately. But how do these different personality types relate to our careers and our work environments? Turns out, introverts and extroverts benefit from different work environments. It’s also beneficial for the company as a whole to have introverts and extroverts work together,…
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My Favourite Interview Question
Interviews are such an interesting thing – you are meant to predict future performance, as well as fit, from a candidate whose goal it is to present themselves in the best light possible, revealing only the information that highlights their supposed strengths. It can be hard to glean the truth from the confident and polished…
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Don’t Sabotage Yourself – How to Stay Positive at Work
Are you constantly talking down to yourself at work? You could actually be getting in the way of your own career goals. Many people underestimate how important confidence and positive attitudes are to success, both at work and just in life, in general. On top of that, attitudes are contagious, meaning that one person’s negative…
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Avoiding Office Gossip
Office gossip is the not-so-silent killer of office culture and morale. And as much as everyone likes to think it won’t be a problem in their office, it can easily creep in if you don’t set up some guardrails. The first thing to realize is that gossip doesn’t have to be a bad thing. You…
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3 Habits of Successful Business Leaders
Have you ever sat back and wondered how those successful business leaders made their way into their current position? I know I have. What makes a good business leader, are they born leaders or do they develop skills and strategies that help boost them in their field of work? After looking into it further there…
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