I was a guest on a BlogTalkRadio program earlier this week in a segment about managing conflict in the workplace. The show, which is part of the WOW Women! Series, is hosted by Barb Giamanco. Barb is a fellow coach, business owner, and co-founder of Women’s Mentor Network (WMN). Listen to the […]

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If you are in a leadership position within your organization, it is quite likely that one of your responsibilities is coaching your staff. In a poll conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership of its Leading Effectively e-newsletter readers, 70 percent of the 262 respondents said that coaching others is part of their job […]

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A recent post in the Wall Street Journal blog, Independent Street, posed the following question: Executive Coaching - Worth the Money? I am obviously biased, but there are ample hard data and anecdotal data to answer that question in the affirmative. I believe coaching is most effective when it is used for personal […]

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When I was working as a manager in corporate America, I was discouraged from being too ‘touch-feely’ in my dealings with employees, customers, and management. I was instructed by my management to be ‘all business’ at work, stick to the facts, and use critical thinking skills to make decisions. I never felt quite right about […]

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Does it pay to be one of the companies featured in Fortune magazine’s annual list of the 100 Best Companies To Work For in America? According to Alex Edmans, finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the answer is a definite “YES.” Professor Edmans found that the stock returns of companies cited as […]

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I just finished reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss and I loved it! Order it now by clicking on the picture of the cover. I think the message will resonate with a lot of Americans who have grown weary of the daily grind of hard work (and too little play). I […]

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I just read the results of an interesting survey of 1,215 full- and part-time workers who were asked to rate how they felt about their jobs using this unusual 5-point scale:

I like my job so much I’d marry it
I like my job enough I’d date it seriously
It’s OK, I’d date it casually
I don’t like it, […]

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I recently met a very intelligent and competent professional woman who asked me why she was being passed over for promotion at work by less talented and less dedicated male co-workers. After talking with her for about five minutes, I had a hunch. I asked her what she did to get noticed by the […]

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Are you currently working at your dream job? When Careerbuilder.com asked this question, the answer was a resounding “no.” Only a little more than 20 percent of the people who responded said that they were in their dream job. How would you answer the question?
I love this quote by Chris Gardner, author […]

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Does your manager sometimes remind you of the pointy-haired boss in the Dilbert comic strip? According to a survey by KeepEm.com, bad bosses belittle people in front of others, lie, demean, and micromanage. Not surprisingly, bad bosses can drive good people away, wrecking havoc on employee retention rates.

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