When you’re running a business—small or large—it’s not just about creating quality products and services that will keep consumers coming back, it’s also about your core values as a brand in the overall marketplace. Your first line of defense to keep the momentum going and build a positive reputation in the industry is through the employees who represent your establishment
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Work-related stress has become more commonplace since the onset of Covid-19. A study released earlier this year found that 48% of employees experienced high to extreme stress over the past year, a 7% increase over the last two years. Whether this high stress has been caused by heavy workloads, demanding management, lack of work-life balance, an uncertain economy, health concerns
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Different people are destined to different career paths. But ideally, over time, you will take on bigger assignments and more responsibilities that will help you get to where you want. As a CEO of more than 15 years, I’ve helped hundreds of people navigate their professional journey. My best advice is to seek out jobs and opportunities that will help
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Can you identify a time when you were energized at work? In other words, you gave more effort than you would’ve expected to, doing something that you wouldn’t have thought was particularly exciting — because someone infused the task with energy and spurred your enthusiasm. Why did you feel that way? Chances are it was less about the work and more about
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There is no greater privilege than being trusted to lead a business. Its employees and customers — and even sometimes shareholders — depend on the ability to serve its purpose in an efficient, sustainable fashion. Because of those responsibilities, business leadership is a fine line. As executives work to guide their teams in the correct direction, they are often in
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As leaders, it’s up to us to share our ideas and insights with our teams and our networks. I frequently hear that one of the biggest challenges in sharing thought leadership is creating consistent, quality content in the midst of an over-scheduled calendar and multiple work priorities. Of course writing your own content, or producing your own videos, is a
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5 Steps to Hold Employees Accountable for Getting the Right Things Done Employers and business consultants talk a lot about employee engagement these days. It would be hard to argue that engagement is not important but engagement is really a proxy for something that employers are actually far more interested in—productivity. Clearly employees can be engaged, but not productive. Consider
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The coronavirus pandemic has taken our stress and anxiety to the next level. Frustration, worry and anger are all emotions that have spiked since March 2020. While it’s easy to neglect negative emotions in the moment, they can deeply impact how we go about our daily personal and professional lives. Studies show that merelywitnessing rudenessinhibits our working memory and decreases
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Lack of experience doesn’t always mean unqualified. Here’s how to spot the difference. While some may say integrity andemotional intelligencemake a strong leader, others measureleadership skills based on a person’s drive, ability, and influence. The truth is, when it comes to hiring for a leadership role, what makes an idealleader typically varies and reflects the company’s current goals, which is
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If you want to be aleaderthat other people follow with absolute conviction, you must first be a pleasant leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons may lead a group of people for a time, but eventually they tire, usually before they stand out. Many times I ask people how they have been the best and the worst leaders with whom they have collaborated.
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