By: Brian Solis for the MIT Sloan Management Review, Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash To regain focus in an ever-distracting digital world, managers must not only give employees tools and training but also model the right behaviors themselves. As an analyst and adviser to tech companies, I’ve long known...
By: Kat Boogaard for The Muse, Photo by Alexander Dummer on Unsplash You just found out that your dad has to have a double knee replacement. The doctors have already given him a heads up that the recovery is going to be long and brutal. And while your parents...
By: Scott Mautz for Inc., Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash In today's scorching labor market, leaders can't afford to watch their best employees exit stage left. And yet leaders are often the ones creating the drama. It leads to greatly reduced energy levels and alarmingly increased disengagement levels--a.k.a. burnout. Research from Gallup indicates two-thirds of full-time employees...
By: Danielle Higley for Namely, Photo by Mimi Thian on Unsplash A great team is hard to find and expensive to replace. Money aside, losing top performers affects morale and, worst-case scenario, can prompt a mass exodus, leaving whole departments devoid of senior leadership and perspective. That’s why it’s so important...
By: Briana Carlesimo for DynamicHR This week, I was lucky enough to escape the Michigan winter weather and head over to Phoenix, AZ for the Digital Summit! It was a great experience filled with learning and growing as a digital marketer, and I have pages &...
By: Alyse Kalish for The Muse, picture by rawpixel on Unsplash Here’s a sad reality: Managers spend anywhere from 35% to 50% of their time in meetings, and yet executives consider over half of those meetings to be failures. This isn’t that shocking. All too often we find ourselves in a brainstorming...
By: Julianne Pepitone for Know Your Value/NBC News, picture by ilbusca / Getty Images/iStockphoto You may not have heard of National Clean Off Your Desk Day, but experts say the Jan. 14 holiday is one worth celebrating — especially if you’d like to boost your productivity. “When your...