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Jun 17

Questions to Better Engage Your Team

Employee engagement works when there is a strong commitment of both an individual and team to improve their workplace according to the latest article in the Gallup Business Journal.   In the article Stosh Walsh states that both managers and employ…

May 20

Handling Tears in the Workplace

Time Magazine published an interesting article about the benefits of crying at work.  This article got our attention as one of the questions we often get asked in our Difficult Conversations programs is “how do you handle it when an employee cri…

Apr 22

Conducting Difficult Workplace Conversations

No matter what your role is in your organisation, at some stage you are likely to be in a position to have a difficult conversation with a manager, peer, client, customer or colleague.

Recently I asked a client who is struggling with a poorly perf…

Apr 08

Do Women Hold Themselves Back?

Confident young girls may be seen as “bossy” or “pushy” while male peers who act the same way are praised as “outgoing” or “authoritative”.

This is one of the central ideas of Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, …

Mar 19

Feedback

The Best Strategy to Engage Your Team

In a recent focus group, I asked the employees what type of manager feedback engages and motivates them.  Interestingly, their ideas were not time consuming, expensive or too challenging, often the excuses yo…

Mar 11

Steps for Career Resilience

Employment is no longer a given – something that you achieve once and then forget about. Instead you need to consciously manage your career and build your skills throughout your working life in order to remain employable.

This means staying in tou…

Mar 06

Managing Older Employees

While managing people can be rewarding, it can also be challenging especially if you are managing staff that are older than you.

Friction can result between a manager and older workers who are miffed because they think they should have your job. O…

Feb 27

Dealing with a Difficult Boss

4 Strategies for dealing with a difficult boss

Difficult bosses can be found in most organisations. Maybe you work for a boss who is intimidating or a micromanager. Someone who provides little to no recognition for your hard work, or worse, takes…

Jan 30

Spring Clean Your Career

Spring Clean your Career in 7 Easy Steps

What better time than spring to take stock of your career. A fresh perspective can be both productive and rewarding.

Whether you would like to enhance your value with your current employer or map out a …