Blog & Additional Resources
The No. 1 Employee Benefit That No One’s Talking About – Pt. 1
The No. 1 Employee Benefit That No One's Talking About … (Having Great Mangers!) People leave managers, not companies. You've heard it before. One in two employees have left a job to get away from a manager and improve their overall life at some point in their...
Why are Employees Only Giving Their Jobs a B Minus Grade?
Many workers say their employers aren't providing an engaging atmosphere. The need to engage employees is a widely discussed challenge in the workforce. Recently, I read an article by Stephen Newman is a writer/editor for the Association for Talent Development;...
Networking Nuggets Pt. 2
As mentioned last week in Part l -- ‘Networking That Really Works … So that You Get Results’ by Andrea Nierenberg; is a great read. Here are a few more favorite ‘networking nuggets’: At The Event: Learn something new, give something such as a piece of advice or a...
Networking Nuggets Pt. 1
Recently purchased the book ‘Networking That Really Works … So that You can Get Results’ by Andrea Nierenberg; and also read an article of hers’ summarizing her favorite ‘networking nuggets’. I have been a networker in my job search coaching position for many years;...
How Do You Pull Yourself Out of a Work Rut?
Recently read an article on ‘How Do You Pull Yourself Out of a Work Rut?’ by Jan Porter, published in Real Simple Magazine. It gave several interesting and practical ways to get out of the rut. I, myself have recently been in a rut, and have used a suggestion or two below.
First Level Leaders Are Key to Employee Engagement – Pt. 2
Continued from last week, there are two more key points from the Franklin Covey Survey study that Steve Miller discusses in his article, as he compares great and average first-level leaders : Strategic Focus Twenty percent of average first-level leaders are very...
First Level Leaders Are Key to Employee Engagement – Pt. 1
The Franklin Covey organization and it’s staff professionals are great at laying out the facts on leadership techniques, issues, and solutions. Scott Miller (part of Franklin Covey) simply discusses, in a recent Association for Training and Development Magazine, the...
Refire! Don’t Retire – Pt. 3
Here is the final piece from my series on “Refire! Don’t Retire… Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life” by Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz. This last key is the most interesting to me; hope you enjoy it too. The Fourth Key: Refiring Spiritually The Big...
Refire! Dont’ Retire – Pt. 2
More suggestions from last week's article on “Refire! Don’t Retire… Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life” by Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz. The Second Key: Refiring Intellectually Mental Stimulation and Challenge: Take a course you have always wanted...
Refire! Don’t Retire – Pt. 1
Over the decades that I have lead management, leadership and now coaching discussions, I have found that, author and leadership guru, Ken Blanchard is always right to the point about the leadership and life models he presents to individuals. Here is yet another...