4 Ways Managers Handle Workplace Errors - Which Way is the Right Way?
Aug 29, 2011HARD goals are called HARD goals for a good reason. They should challenge even your best people to reach beyond what’s tried and tested and comfortable; in other words, the status quo. And, like any tough challenge, sometimes before success is reached, folks make mistakes, freeze up, doubt their abilities or shy away from …
Companies Are Doing a Lousy Job of Attracting Great Talent
Aug 26, 2011Over the past several months, Leadership IQ has been conducting one of the largest talent-management studies ever done.
One thing we asked the executives participating in the study to evaluate was their companies’ talent pipelines. And we asked them to consider in particular how successful they were in sourcing the following four categories of talent: executive, professional, technical and unskilled. The feedback we got, frankly, is not good at all, and here’s what I mean.
The 2 Crucial Strengths All 100% Leaders Share
Aug 22, 2011What is a 100% Leader?
Put simply, a 100% Leader creates Hundred Percenters. A 100% Leader takes average people, and by challenging them and creating a connection with them, unleashes their true potential to achieve extraordinary results. The 100% Leader doesn’t just accept people as they are, the 100% Leader sees what we …
The Worst Way to Start a Job Ad
Aug 17, 2011Imagine you’re out on a date (it could be date night with your spouse, or a blind date with a total stranger, or whatever). Now, let’s say you really want to win that date over, become the only person in the room he or she can see or hear. We’re talking full-blown smitten here. How do you think you should start that date …
