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The early part of the year marks the start of a new quarter for businesses, but in Hollywood it simply means that award season has arrived. Stars prep for hours in order to look their best on red carpets for cameras and fans. Each celebrity scrutinizes every inch of themselves to ensure that every angle [...]
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Those suffering from stress generally don’t complain until their mental or physical health begins to suffer.
The new year is here, and 2010 already feels like it is in full swing. January is the month of resolutions and commitments. Individual resolutions range from losing weight to quitting smoking, but what kinds of resolutions do businesses make? [...]
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In this clip from The Office, there is a rumor circulating that a sex predator is on the loose and has been stalking the women of the office. Dwight, the super-hero wannabe, decides to take matters into his own hands to find and punish the supposed predator.
Although this clip is humorous, hiring people who are [...]
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Employee assessments are tools that enable managers and team leaders to better orchestrate their teams, and resolve conflict. Assessments like the Profile Performance Indicator and Profile XT have the capability of quantifying an individual’s behavioral traits that will impact their attitude on the job. This information proves its worth especially in times of conflict. What [...]
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There are four simple ways to help employees become engaged, and all of them begin with the leaders of the business.
This is Part 3 of our series about employee engagement. Part 1 and Part 2 addressed common issues businesses face when employees are unengaged.
“Great leaders are team builders; they create an environment that fosters trust [...]
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This is Part 2 in our series on employee engagement. Part 1 addressed more common issues businesses face when employees feel unengaged. Part 3 offers the solution to these common problems.
Conflict
Being in an office is much like being in a family. There are a handful of personalities, moods and motivations. So resolving conflict in an [...]
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Pessimism directly interferes with productivity in the workplace, not only for the pessimistic individual, but also for the rest of the team. Amy Gallo summarizes the solution wonderfully: “It is the role of the leader to understand the underlying cause of the pessimism before acting.” The real question is, how do you do that?
“Leaders should [...]
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In Beth Weissenberger’s article about gossip in the workplace, she notes that gossip between coworkers never promotes a productive work environment.
When conflict arises (and inevitably, it will) managers can use assessment results to determine what behavioral traits may have led to the conflict.
Gossip in the workplace is never productive, and there are much more constructive [...]
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Where there are teams, there are conflicts. Conflicts are not always negative; sometimes a disagreement can generate new business ideas. In most cases, however, conflicts are the result of two or more different individuals with different personalities and different ideas who can’t seem to find common ground.
The key to finding a resolution between co-workers often [...]
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Everyone has been a disengaged employee at some point, but people don’t want to talk about engagement in this economy. The general attitude seems to be, “Keep your mouth shut, your head down and do your job well so that you don’t get fired.” Some even say that the concept of engagement is too [...]
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