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By Michael Soon Lee, DBA Developing effective teams in today’s workplace is difficult but when you add the complexity of people from diverse cultures, it becomes a challenge beyond the abilities of most managers. So what’s t he big deal with diversity and teamwork? If you add to the mix many differences such as communications […]

by Meridith Elliott Powell The dreaded performance review! Leaders don’t like to do them, employees don’t like to get them, and they don’t ever make the top of anyone’s priority list. However giving feedback, providing input, and working with our teams to help them improve is the highest and best use of your time as […]

By Michael Stanleigh Innovation is a matter of survival at the medium or long term for the majority of organizations. They need innovation to ensure they keep or improve their position in the marketplace. However, individual acts of innovation are not enough to achieve the sustainable long term competitiveness and success. Innovation is a collaborative […]

By Marjorie Brody There are many factors that are critical for influencing – but none is as important as trust. You gain this through building relationships. Of course, we can be influenced by people we don’t know and have no relationships with – the famous, the historic, the uber-rich or successful, the beautiful, and the […]

by Michael Canic, PhD, CSP For the past twenty years Fortune magazine has published an annual list of the 100 best companies to work for. A company typically made the list because they offered exceptional perks and benefits, and created cultures in which employees felt valued and trusted. But the definition of what makes a great […]

by Kathy Cooperman Feedback. How do you react when you hear, “May I give you a little feedback?” If you’re like most people, you cringe. Purpose of Feedback Feedback provides employees with information about how they’re doing compared with expectations. When done well, it guides the employees’ behaviors toward success. When employees feel successful about […]