Trust: It’s not just a warm, fuzzy word. It’s the hallmark of high-performing organizations. So it stands to reason that understanding how trust works would be important to company leaders. Turns out, there’s a biology to trust. According to Paul J. Zak, founding director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, it has to do with … [Read more...]
Improve Your Critical Thinking at Work
How often do we question the status quo? You might assume critical thinking comes naturally to most people, but you’d be wrong. There’s an art to it. Helen Lee Bouygues, found of the Reboot Foundation, has helped a lot of companies through dicey transitions. In her experience, when things go sideways for a company, it’s almost always because … [Read more...]
3 Traits of a Strong Professional Relationship
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And at work, you’ll be more successful in building relationships with empathy than with exasperation. The secret to cultivating powerful work relationships is threefold, according to Darin Rowell, Founder and Managing Partner of FrontierX Global. 1 - Always have a clear purpose for the … [Read more...]
The 4 Things Resilient Teams Do
Fall down. Get up. Fall down. Get up. Fall down. Get up. The flip side of failure is resilience. Anyone who’s ever followed an underdog sports team until they finally won a big game knows just how important repeated failure is to building up endurance, tenacity and grit. And speaking of sports, an HBR survey of 2,000 NCAA … [Read more...]
Leadership 101: How to Make Employees Happy
Studies reveal that only about half of all U.S. employees experience job satisfaction. So what's making the other half unhappy? Exploring how to make employees happy is something every employer should prioritize. From finding good employees to job retention, happy employees make for a better workplace. Keep reading for a … [Read more...]
New Employees and Successful On-boarding
There is a roller coaster ride of emotions that we have all experienced when beginning a new job. The tension of interviewing combined with excitement over the job offer is a draining experience and often repeats itself on the first day of the new job. The new hire is not the only one riding this emotional roller coaster. Often, managers are … [Read more...]