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The 4 Most Important Relationships You Need At Work
Too many small-business owners make the mistake of thinking they can do it alone when, in fact, it’s critical for them to form sustaining relationships as their businesses grow.The way you interact and...
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Dramatically Increase Productivity By Understanding Employees' Temperaments
The best leaders have an acute understanding of their employees’ temperaments. In the book "Colour Savvy," authors Susan Geary and Anne Bulstrode discuss four different temperaments—Inquiring Green,...
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8 Common Bad Habits That Ruin Client Relationships
When you’re running a small business—especially in the early stages—it’s easy to simply focus on how to stay afloat. The problem is, that mindset will keep your company mediocre at best and fighting...
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3 Dangers Of Using Personality Tests To Screen Workers
The cost of making the wrong hiring decision has led many employers to turn to personality tests to better understand their potential employees. But is a personality test a foolproof hiring tool?In a...
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4 Good Work Habits That Can Totally Backfire For Managers
Becoming a true leader requires an incredible amount of self-awareness. It involves knowing when to eliminate behaviors that are no longer working, even if they worked in the past. In his book "Tipping...
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4 Signs It's Time To Fire An Employee
Keeping an employee who isn't contributing positively can really hurt a company — especially a small business where culture is closely tied to success. If an employee is showing any of these four...
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4 Gender Blind Spots That Could Damage Your Office Culture
Now that women make up 50% of the workforce and are moving into more leadership positions than ever before, there's more opportunity for tension to develop over how offices should be run. To give more...
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Use Eastern Medicine To Trick Your Body Into Relaxing Instantly
America's national anxiety epidemic—where people are constantly in "survival mode"—ultimately hurts productivity and innovation. "In the workplace, we tend to be so mentally focused, and overwhelmed,...
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How Employers Can Retain Talent In The Millennial Age
It's the entrepreneurial age and everyone wants to work for themselves. By 2025, Gen Y is going to make up 75% of the global workforce, and these millennials' independent-thinking and entrepreneurial...
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Intense Secrecy Isn't The Best Strategy For Corporations
Ever since GE built the first industrial lab in 1900, research and development has been a highly secretive affair. Security protocols have been regarded almost as important as scientific ones....
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4 Ways To Motivate Detached Workers
It's not easy to talk about performance with employees. It can be awkward and downright tough to focus on someone's weaknesses. But every leader has the opportunity and responsibility to be a catalyst...
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How To Really Listen To Others
To be a successful leader, you need to be able to listen to your team, hearing what they say, what they don't say, and what they really mean.That's what makes "listening one of the most difficult...
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Why Founders Often Make Terrible CEOs
From David Neeleman to Jerry Yang to Mike Lazaridis, many founders don't make the cut as CEOs for their company.Of course there are many successful ones too, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and...
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The Best Way To Attract Older Talent Is To Offer Multiple Ways To Retire
Americans are retiring later than ever and companies are trying to attract these older workers with competitive retirement options.The National Institutes of Health recently ranked as the best company...
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8 Ways To Deal With Liars At Work
This article originally appeared on American Express OPEN Forum.Actor Al Pacino said, "I always tell the truth. Even when I lie." There is much truth in this comment. From marketing hype to fake...
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4 Ways That Good Group Dynamics Turn Bad
Why are some brainstorming sessions extremely productive while others fall flat?Nicole Lipkin, a clinical psychologist, says in her book "What Keeps Leaders Up At Night" that it all comes down to group...
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The 7 Types Of Power That Shape The Workplace
Power comes in many different forms, and leaders need to learn how to handle each type."Power tends to get to people's heads," psychologist Nicole Lipkin tells Business Insider. "We’re not really...
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5 Good Reasons To Hire Older Workers
Older workers may not have the same tech-savvy of their younger colleagues, but they have years of experience you can't teach or replace.During the economic recession, companies had smaller budgets,...
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6 Ways To Make A Lasting Impression
It's hard to be influential without making a lasting impression, hopefully in a positive way.Dale Carnegie devotes a major part of "How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age" to...
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4 Things You Should Remember About Body Language
What do people see when you walk into a room? Hopefully they see a confident, successful business owner. But if you're not careful, your body language may be projecting a very different image."You are...
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