Help employees tap into their internal motivations every day at work. Around the end of the year, most people managers start thinking about how to make their employees feel valued for the hard work they’ve put in over the past twelve months. But employee recognition isn’t just an annual activity…

The annual review is a thing of the past. Learn how to conduct reviews that actually motivate people. Meaningful performance reviews are one of the best ways to show employees that you care about their growth and to develop talent within the organization. …

Learn how to express your strong emotions so they lead to a productive outcome. The common advice about venting at work is a simple “Don’t do it” because it looks unprofessional. But there’s a place for venting in the workplace — though it can be a minefield. Venting is defined…

When teams of diverse talent come together, innovation, collaboration, and learning multiply. Cross-functional team organizations are quickly replacing traditionally siloed departments. …

Find out why most change efforts fail and what you can do to prepare your organization for successful change. As a business leader, you’ve probably heard the statistic that 70% of change efforts fail to achieve their goals. Failed change efforts lead to lower employee engagement and higher conflict. Some…

Learn how to consider people, process, and performance when making leadership decisions about hybrid teams. Many organizations are currently looking at the flexible working arrangements they made at the start of the pandemic and turning them into official policies for the future. In many cases, hybrid teams — those where…

If you read leadership publications, listen to leadership podcasts, or follow leaders on social media, you’ve probably heard a lot about psychological safety recently. The concept has been in leadership conversations since 2014 when Harvard Business School researcher Amy Edmondson introduced it in her TED talk. …

Memorize these three words — Consistent. Superior. Results. (We’ll come back to them in a minute.) A team is a group of people working together to achieve a common goal. Each member brings a unique perspective and strengths to the team that should make the group better if harnessed correctly…

“My employer may want me to feel included, but that’s the furthest from how I feel. I get excluded from meetings that I should attend. When I’m invited to meetings, I’m either ignored totally or talked over when I do attempt to contribute. …