What is a Skip Level Meeting (Interview)? Skip levels interviews are one on one meetings between a senior leader and employee. The leader meeting with the employee is the boss of the employee's boss.I think it’s a great way to establish a relationship with teams and keep the employee communication lines open. We all have busy schedules after all and senior leaders spend less ... Read Full Article
7 Leadership Traits You Should Be Hiring, Promoting For & Developing Today
A best in talent organization never sleeps. If they do, they get left behind and your future organizational leaders move on to new companies and different careers. Your business suffers, business goes unrealized and those future leaders didn’t know the big plans you had for them with you. In today’s tough talent market, candidates have options. Your employees have options, and ... Read Full Article
5 Benefits of Promoting Employee Participation
Increasing employee participation is a big challenge faced many managers and human resource professionals. After all, feedback and suggestions are essential aspects of making useful changes that benefit all participants. However, sometimes it can seem as though encouraging employees to get involved beyond doing their job is like pulling teeth. Oftentimes it isn’t that ... Read Full Article
Creative Genius Employees Are a Leader’s Worst Nightmare But Drive Amazing Business Results
In the war for talent, adding creatives to your teams can provide you with a competitive advantage. Creatives can be game changers. They are organizational linchpins, unicorns and the purple squirrels of not just your business but possibly the entire industry. They have special skills and abilities that make them unique. And maybe just maybe you've taken the plunge and added a ... Read Full Article
5 Post-Election Steps for Every Business
Since the election of Donald Trump, almost a week ago, the country has seen ongoing protests, police crackdowns and a rise in hate crimes. White supremacists, emboldened by what they see as a win for their cause, planned victory parades and left graffiti on public buildings. Anxiety among both undocumented workers and non-citizens here on visas has spiked, and interest in the ... Read Full Article
The Importance Of Empathy In HR
There’s a problem brewing in the world of HR, and it has to do with the public perception of our profession. You’ve been around long enough to be familiar with some of these grumblings: HR people always take the company’s side regardless of the matter, we’re too concerned with policies to actually solve real problems, or that we simply lack empathy. And these are just a few ... Read Full Article
How To: Running Effective One-On-One Meetings
So you’ve heard about others doing one-on-ones. Some do a one-hour session every other week with each team member. Counting preparation time, one-on-ones would take up a significant part of your busy schedule. You ponder: Would all the hours be well spent and justified? It is true that one-on-ones can be time-consuming. Yet the hour you spend on a session will benefit you ... Read Full Article
What Healthcare Providers Can Teach us about Business Leadership
Healthcare doesn’t have much to do with business leadership. Or so we think. In reality, many healthcare providers possess the same skills as our most successful business people. After all, hospitals really are just one large industry. Healthcare facilities are responsible for the care of the sick and injured, meaning employees must have great communication skills to work ... Read Full Article
6 Ways to Advance Gender Equality in the C-Suite
This blog first appeared on The Economist’s Executive Education blog here. The author, Kate Rodriguez is a former senior career search researcher and government analyst who covers career development and higher education marketing for The Economist Careers Network. In 2016 top management still looks old-school. Despite research showing that professional women have the same ... Read Full Article
7 Ways Managers Can Build Trust in the Workplace
How many people trust their managers? A recent study by Edelman found that one in three employees don’t trust their employer. Another study by EY found that number to be even lower, with only 46% having trust in their organization, and 49% in their boss/team. Trust is one of the most important things you need in the workplace. Without it you won’t have the environment you need ... Read Full Article
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