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Leadership Concepts: Motivating Those You Lead

Leadership Concepts: Motivating Those You Lead

Managers oversee tasks, duties, and deadlines, while leaders must transcend above operations to inspire and motivate human beings who call them boss. Many new leaders go wrong by assuming that their employees want them to roll up their sleeves, solve their problems, and do the dirty work themselves, when what

Indicators That it is Time to Consider Outsourcing Your HR Department

Indicators That it is Time to Consider Outsourcing Your HR Department

For many small to medium-sized businesses, outsourcing their HR departments can help them to cut human resources costs, and it can also help them to find better candidates to work for their company. Yet, as a small business owner, how will you know when it is time to outsource your

3 Ways to Make Employee Training More Engaging

3 Ways to Make Employee Training More Engaging

When you engage your employees in your training efforts, you give them the motivation to learn, and to use their new knowledge and skills to do their jobs better. Otherwise, your staff may tune out if they keep experiencing sessions that seem like a waste of time. If you’re serious

4 Tips for Improving Team Communication

4 Tips for Improving Team Communication

One of the most important aspects of managing a successful team is making sure that there is open communication between all the team members and between them and management. Here are some tips for improving communication in the workplace. Maintain the Right Atmosphere If you want your employees to feel

Use Dale Carnegie’s Advice to Eschew Office Politics and Be Genuine

Use Dale Carnegie’s Advice to Eschew Office Politics and Be Genuine

A lot of people think that it isn’t necessary to be genuine when you’re in business. In fact, they might even think the opposite: that you’re more likely to be successful when you’re a little cunning or wily. We all see the effects of flattery, backbiting and scheming. It often

Confidence-Improving Techniques to Make You a Phenomenal Human Being

Confidence-Improving Techniques to Make You a Phenomenal Human Being

When we see successful people, we are blown away by how confident they are. They seem so casual when they appear on TV or when they’re addressing a group of people. They seem to know what they’re talking about when they write essays or answer questions in an interview. They

How to Let Go and Embrace the Now

How to Let Go and Embrace the Now

“To live with presence is to elicit a deep quality of peace and joyousness” We have all been in the situation when we get to work and we are fixated on and stressed about an issue in which we did not complete, or it may be an issue in which

Underthinking vs. Overthinking

Underthinking vs. Overthinking

There are people who tend to rush into things without thinking. And there are people who get caught in an anxiety loop, which prevents them from taking action. If you fall into one of these two categories, you probably already know it, from personal experience and also because various people

Take Back Control of Your Work Situation by Letting Go

Take Back Control of Your Work Situation by Letting Go

There are very few people out there who have learned to let go and embrace the now. Most people may not even understand what that means. In general, if you ask someone how their workday went, you need to brace yourself for a litany complaints. Maybe their back is hurting.