The end — and the beginning — of the year are normally reflective times for business leaders. Most of you will spend some time thinking about what happened during the year that just past and setting goals for the future. …
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The end of the year can be a challenging time for leaders. We’re busy doing a check and balance on what was accomplished during the past year and working to focus our teams to do even better next year. In …
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Today’s the first day back at work after a long holiday weekend. It also happens to be Cyber Monday, the online equivalent of the day-after-Thanksgiving retail shopping phenomenon Black Friday. According to research performed this month by CareerBuilder, 29 percent …
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Sustaining team motivation during the holiday season is a tall order. After all, your team members would probably rather be anywhere else than at work, and it’s difficult to keep them duly focused on the tasks at hand. What can …
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Yesterday’s New York City Marathon was notable for several reasons. First, with more than 45,000 participants it was the largest marathon to date. And then there were the runners themselves. Gebre Gebremariam, an Ethiopian, became the first man to win in a marathon debut since 1980. Other racers included a double lung transplant patient, Meredith Viera and Al Roker from the Today Show, and, most surprisingly, Chilean miner Edison Pena.
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Micromanaging is defined as insisting on having a say in an employee’s work at every opportunity, and every manager does it to some extent. Why? Primary reasons include the belief that you can do a task better yourself and the …
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Working with someone you don’t like can raise your stress level and impact your productivity, so you’ll want to make sure you find a way to deal with the issue.
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