Did you know hidden talent can be easily spotted using a well-designed job-fit selection system? While everyone is complaining about the difficulty in finding “hidden talent,” the reality is that the person could be right in front of you! However, your biases often get in the way of seeing their hidden talents. Other blocks that … Read more
Expressing gratitude and appreciation shows you care about your employees, job, clients, and boss. It’s an intelligent way to keep morale up and motivate people through tough challenges. When bosses and leaders are grateful for their employees, these employees will be 50% more productive. (Wharton School of Business study) Expressing your gratitude can be done … Read more
Everyone experiences tough times. It’s a reality that you cannot avoid. But tough times don’t have to last for a long time if you take real actions to resolve the situation, relationships, or failure. The key is to learn from these tough times. Then, move on. Remember, making hasty, poorly thought-out decisions during these times … Read more
Being a respected leader (or boss) and achieving intended results requires taking responsibility for each situation, discovering the true issue, and making the best decisions to improve results. And? Asking for help! The biggest challenge I’m seeing today is leaders focused on being well-liked by employees and customers, and disregarding the importance of being respected. … Read more
Listening and hearing are critical skills for every boss today. But they are not the same skill! Listening is paying attention to a message to hear, understand, and physically or verbally respond to it. Hearing is the process, function, or power of perceiving sound. (HandyHandouts.com) When you listen to what your teams and employees say, … Read more
Today’s workplaces are undergoing tough changes and need resilient bosses! But, instead, many bosses allow their frustrations and inability to transform relationships and situations to get in the way. Do you: Believe hiring for job fit is nonsense and takes too much time? Believe your team should get their jobs done faster by doing it … Read more
According to Workplace by Gallup®, economic growth has slowed and created low employee engagement. Loss of customers and profits. And poor management of people, resources, and revenues. Building a profitable company requires bosses that engage their employees! As a management executive, did you know: 82% of the time, bosses are chosen for the wrong reasons … Read more
Did you know as a new boss: You can feel lonely and disconnected. Going it alone and not connecting with others is detrimental to your career success. You are no longer part of your former peer group. Bouncing ideas off your employees can cause them anxiety about change. Your new coworkers will get concerned about … Read more
Are you a leader that believes you make good decisions? Are you aware of the times your decisions have sabotaged your employees and others? Have your employees and customers had to clean up issues caused by your bad decisions? As a boss and leader, you must make decisions in the best interest of the company, … Read more
A note from Jeannette about using qualified assessments for talent readiness: Attracting scarce skilled job candidates and preparing current employees is critical for talent readiness. Using suitable job fit assessments and skills testing are vital, but require using the correct ones. Contact me for a confidential conversation about how to get started. Are you tired … Read more