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You Got Promoted To Manager, And A Coworker Is Mad: Here's What To Say

New Manager | tying a tie and getting ready for the new job

Congratulations on getting that big promotion to manager! But, what happens if you had to compete against one or more of your colleagues to win the job? And now they’re mad because you won and they lost? Well, I’ve got bad news and good news. The bad news is that you can’t really control whether a few of your former coworkers are mad at you for winning the promotion.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 05 January, 2018 Communication Skills, Forbes, Leadership Skills, no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Video: Coachability

Coachability: Interview Tips
One of the key interview tips comes from the number one reason why new hires fail. When they fail, it is Coachability, or rather, a lack thereof that is why they fail. Coachability basically means they can't anticipate feedback, they can't accept feedback...

Posted by Mark Murphy on 04 January, 2018 Hiring for Attitude, no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, Video | Read more →

The Player-Coach Philosophy That Has Nasdaq's Leaders Invested

I regularly see leaders struggling to balance ‘leading’ and ‘doing.’ How much should leaders engage with employees and inspire them to produce great stuff? And how much should leaders roll up their sleeves and produce great stuff themselves? It’s the $64,000 question...

Posted by Mark Murphy on 03 January, 2018 Forbes, Leadership Skills, Leadership Styles, no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Quiz: Could You Pass This Job Interview?

Thanks to research like our Hiring For Attitude project, interviewers are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Are you up-to-date with the latest techniques? Can you pass this job interview?

Posted by Mark Murphy on 11 December, 2017 Behavioral Interview Questions, Hiring for Attitude, no_cat, no_recent, Quizzes, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Video: Make Your Presentations Highly Memorable With This Twitter Technique

If you give long presentations, people probably forget most of what you presented. In fact, the research says that people can maintain high attention for about 10 minutes. So if you want people to actually remember your presentations, every 10 minutes you need to insert a slide with a short one-line message summarizing what you just said. In other words, every 10 minutes you need to put a tweet up on the screen.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 06 December, 2017 Communication Skills, no_cat, no_recent, Presentations, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, Video | Read more →

Quiz: What's Your Presentation Style?

We all have our own presentation style, but have you ever thought about how your particular style compares to others? And the strengths and weaknesses of your presentation style?
After years of research, my team and I have found there are four primary presentation styles: the Closer, the Data Scientist, the Director and the Storyteller.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 05 December, 2017 Communication Skills, no_cat, no_recent, Presentations, Quizzes, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

How To Stop A Presentation That's Going Badly

Bad Presentation; When a presentation goes wrong | Leadership IQ Not only does stopping the presentation keep you from (figuratively) crashing into a wall, it also awakens your audience. So few presenters have the courage to stop a presentation that it’s a surprise. And with presentations going badly, it’s a very nice surprise.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 04 December, 2017 Communication Skills, Forbes, no_cat, no_recent, Presentations, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Talented Terrors And 'Bless Their Hearts'

Lots of organizations acknowledge only three categories of performance: high, middle and low. Hiring managers in these organizations are tasked with hiring desirable high performers and avoiding undesirable low performers. Now, high, middle and low performers certainly exist, but low performers come in several different types, and some are a lot harder to discern in an interview than others because they tend to do a really good job faking high-performer qualities.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 30 November, 2017 Communication Skills, Forbes, Interpersonal Skills, no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Video: Talented Terrors

There is no such thing as a high performer with a bad attitude. When we talk about dealing with difficult people, think of performance as having two major components: Skills and Attitude. Now here's somebody that has great skills and a great attitude, this is a high performer.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 29 November, 2017 Hiring for Attitude, no_cat, no_recent, Performance Appraisal, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, Video | Read more →

People Who Set SMART Goals Are Less Likely To Love Their Job

An employee who is unhappy with her head in her hands

If you’ve had a job for any length of time, you’ve undoubtedly set a SMART Goal (most commonly defined as Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound). But while everyone knows how to set a SMART Goal, what most people don’t know is that they could really be hurting how they feel about their job.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 16 November, 2017 Forbes, Goal Setting, no_cat, no_recent, Research, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

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