Category: The Art & Science of Management

  • Promoting Professional Development Through Conversations

    HOW TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH by Sabrina Son on Nov 4, 2016 8:00:00 AM According to Harvard Business Review, one of the most important parts of a manager’s job responsibilities is to help workers develop new skills and grow their careers. If you’re just managing your bottom line — and not your…

  • 4 WAYS TO REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

    Companies at the forefront of employee engagement are making their processes more democratic. Employees want more of a say in how the businesses they work for are run. Poll after poll show that employees want shared responsibility in making companies work.

  • The Toxic Side Of Collaboration

      by  KRISTINE WIDTFELDT Collaboration isn’t just good. It’s cool. Hip. All the smart companies, with their low walls and open conference spaces, are doing it. It generates ideas, brings people together, enhances engagement … all good things we want in our workplace. However, collaboration isn’t always healthy. In fact, it can be toxic. When…

  • Fake Positivity Can be Toxic to the Workplace

    WHY FALSE-POSITIVE EMPLOYEES ARE THE MOST HARMFUL by Justin Reynolds on Nov 1, 2016 8:00:00 AM In a perfect world, all of your employees would be thrilled to show up to work each morning. They’d thoroughly love their jobs, and they’d strive to increase their productivity every day. Everyone would get along, and you wouldn’t…

  • How to Communicate from the Other Person’s Point of View

    ry November 3, 2016 by Jay Sullivan It’s Not All About You To communicate more effectively, and distinguish yourself from those around you, try communicating from the other person’s point of view. We’re all basically wrapped up in our own stuff. That’s not selfish or Machiavellian; it’s just a fact. Our human nature is to be self-absorbed.…