The most valuable asset of any successful business is the human talent that executes day to day operations. Remove the individual team members, and you invalidate the role of leader or manager. Leadership becomes a title with no purpose or usefulness. The effort and labor of the employee – their output – correlates with increases in revenue. Highly qualified and trained … [Read more...]
Helping Employees Change Habits Takes 66 Days
Introducing new working habits and training procedures into the workplace takes a little longer than the traditional thinking about habits suggests. Since 1960, when Dr. Maxwell Maltz suggested in his book "Psycho-Cybernetics" that it take 21 days for people to trade one old habit for a new one, many training programs have been set up on the assumption that within three … [Read more...]
How to Be a Great Mentor – 7 Key Steps that Work
Being a valuable and dedicated mentor isn’t only about sharing your knowledge and experience with the next generation of professionals in your industry. It’s also about recognizing more about yourself. It’s about performing a duty that can’t be priced. It’s about being part of a rich, fulfilling, and mutually beneficial relationship. It’s about being prolific. 1. Arrange … [Read more...]
The Business Case for Praise
Post by M.J. Ryan, contributing Women On Business writer What if I told you you could improve employee engagement and create greater profitability and productive without spending a dime and expending only seconds a day? You can with a very simple action that too many of us take for granted—praise. Based on ten million workplace interviews in 114 countries, The Gallup … [Read more...]