One of the best books I read last year was What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith. In case you aren’t familiar with Goldsmith, he is the author of many books and a well respected executive coach. In this latest book, Goldsmith makes the observation that the characteristics that […]
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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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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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When I’ve shared my vision of a world without yearly performance appraisals with colleagues, especially those in HR, they have looked at me like I was from a different planet. In my utopian corporate world, the annual performance review wouldn’t be necessary because everyone would ask for and receive feedback on a daily basis. […]
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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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Over the recent holidays I was travelling by plane back to Atlanta from Texas. Seated across the aisle from me was a frazzled-looking mother and three small children - a baby and two preschoolers. Two thoughts/feelings immediately entered my mind. One was for my own welfare and desire for a peaceful trip […]
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The vast majority of people begin a new job filled with enthusiasm, excited anticipation, and a strong desire to do a good job and ‘go the extra mile.’ Before too long, many of those same people will lose their enthusiasm when confronted time and again with reality. They become disillusioned and decide to […]
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A couple of the publications that I read ran articles this month about a recent survey conducted by the consulting firm BlessingWhite. About 700 mid-level employees were asked to evaluate the effect of the coaching they received from their manager on their performance and overall job satisfaction. Fewer than a quarter of the […]
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It seems like you can’t turn around these days without reading something about the impending talent shortage in corporate America and how companies can attract and manage Gen Y (AKA the millennials). Case in point — the cover story in the September 24th issue of Business Week magazine. The article lists the […]
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