Have you ever experienced stomach aches before going to an important job interview, back pain when working on that impending deadline, or tension headaches when feeling overwhelmed? Chances are you have been experiencing physical pain caused in part by a stressful situation. This post is the first in a series that will help you reduce [...]
Global crisis, the demand of flexibility, and advancing technology have made it more common for individuals to work together while being physically apart. This creates a problem: how do we remain connected to a team or our organization while simultaneously being physically separated from them? What is the best leadership style for remote work? To [...]
CRISIS! What is your next move when a project runs late? When you can’t make a very important meeting? When another company tries to swoop in on the bid you’ve worked on for two months? When things go wrong or problems spring up, the leader is the one everyone looks to for help, guidance, and [...]
According to WHO, companies lose around $2,450 USD per employee per year due to absenteeism. Reducing absenteeism in the workplace is critical for every organization, not only in terms of success, but also as a responsibility you have to ensure your employees’ well-being. The goal of this post is to look at the psychology behind [...]
Leaders are put in positions of power and responsibility. Every leader, regardless of their domain, has the opportunity to exert their influence over others. This power is not necessarily a bad thing, but it means effective leaders must walk a thin tight rope where any sudden changes or bad decisions can knock them--and others--off of [...]
Imagine getting up in the morning and feeling completely unmotivated to go to work. It has been a difficult week, work has been piling up, and you could do with a day off to refresh your batteries, but you feel like you need to go because there is a looming deadline, and you are the [...]
One of your goals as a leader should be to inspire and motivate other people, a.k.a. positively influence them! Motivational leadership skills create cohesion, inspire creativity, and generate diligence. When you motivate and inspire other people you build a sphere of influence. This term can be found in political science and international relations theory, where [...]
Defining leadership is incredibly important, but also incredibly difficult. Frequently people operate under different definitions of leadership. Googling and searching for definitions can only confuse you more. You may even resort to looking up famous people leadership quotes to try to piece a definition together yourself. We’re going to provide you with some easy quotes [...]
In our current fast-paced digital world, there are countless things vying for our attention at the same time, requiring us to be effective at task management. Before you continue reading, take a second to look around. Are you doing anything other than reading this post? Do you have the TV on? Are you listening to [...]
Personality consistently predicts job-performance, but the way it is measured may not be sufficient enough to answer the question it seeks out to answer, as it only looks at average behavioral tendencies. In this post we will show you how to improve your personality assessment by incorporating elements of personality strength. Using a dynamic approach [...]