Duncan Kingori

To boost employee morale, leaders need to show their team that they appreciate their work and must motivate them to move forward. So what ways can leaders boost employee morale? 1.  Acknowledge Hard Work There is nothing that works wonders more than merely showing gratitude. Letting team members know that

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Greg Martin

Recently, I had a telling experience in building confidence when I visited a coffee shop to get my standard black coffee with two espresso shots. While waiting in line to place my order, it appeared the employee who was helping the customers was having a rough day. She accidentally knocked

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Christine Macdonald

If you’ve recently appointed a new leader, you will wish them success in their role. However, keep in mind that making the transition from a team member to a leader or manager is one of the most difficult careers changes someone could make. Many of the skills needed to be

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Rachael Everly

When you talk about starting a business, it goes without saying that it needs a good leader to run it successfully and make good use of resources. But when it comes to marketing a business, you need leadership combined with strategy, trust, and planning. You have multiple mediums for you

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Warren Fowler

SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. A SWOT analysis is basically the assessment of these factors and elements with the purpose of prioritizing and aiming for the ideal performance strategy and work balance. Even simpler than that, a SWOT analysis allows you to gain awareness of your real

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Kathleen Listman

Skimming through a discussion about what constitutes creativity in the field of instructional design, I noticed a comment a person made. They claim to be creative because they use all the latest trends. I cringed a bit when I read this. Sadly, many people assume that being an “early adaptor”

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Florida Starks

How many times have you been on the receiving end of ‘the talk’ – the performance appraisal ‘talk’, that is? Well, I have been given this talk every year for as long as I have been in the workforce. Sometimes, ‘the talk’ is effective and based on an honest evaluation

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Rod Miller

Your employee retention strategies need to be more than, “Great job!”, “Nice work!” or “Well done!” As a leader, your verbal accolades are valuable, but sometimes you want to do more than send a nice e-mail or give a spirited high five, right? Presenting your best and brightest with awards

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Daniel Myrick

Procrastination is an enemy of productivity. It is also somewhat inevitable. There are certain times we just don’t want to do what we need to do. For those times, there are actually ways to use procrastination to your advantage and be more productive. Here are six things you can do to

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Jim Stevenson

Improving team productivity isn’t something that happens overnight, and it usually isn’t just a matter of having a talk with employees. In fact, it may not be the employees who are the main culprit. It could be that you or the business isn’t giving them what they need to be

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