How to Create an Employee Performance Log

  • January 01, 2013

Some managers tend to evaluate team members based on their most recent positive or negative encounter. This hap­pens most often when a manager has no record of an...

Sam Adams used propaganda as a tool

  • December 26, 2012

Sometimes, leaders must resort to subterfuge. That’s what Samuel Adams and other colonists did to whip up hostility against the English in the late 1760s. One of...

A blueprint to boost self-awareness

  • December 25, 2012

Leaders with emotional intelligence rarely possess it by accident. Their high self-awareness lets them see cause-effect relationships between their feelings and their...

Nail every deadline

  • December 21, 2012

Everyone handles deadlines differently, but if you want to keep your career on track, you need a systematic approach to make sure you’re meeting them. Here are a...

Humbled, a CEO learns to listen better

  • December 21, 2012

Soon after John Heer joined North Mississippi Health Services as CEO in 2004, he decided to improve how his leadership team managed their employees. They evaluated...

Open your speech with ‘fire’

  • December 18, 2012

Legendary marketer David Ogilvy once said, “When you advertise fire extinguishers, open with the fire.” It’s good advice for business presenters....