You Might Be Doing Positive Thinking All Wrong
There has been a lot of focus in the past few years about the importance of positive thinking. Explained in its simplest terms, having a positive mindset means being able to see the bright side of things. For instance, instead of saying and believing a statement such as: “My team
Why Reprimanding Employees Won’t Improve Job Performance
Reprimanding employees for weak job performance will typically have one of two possible outcomes: your employee will either rebel (i.e. not do what you are asking of them) or they’ll comply out of fear. When someone complies out of fear, they’ll likely take the corrective action that you’re requesting. But
Redefining Workplace Emergencies So You Can Actually Get Your Work Done
Last minute requests used to set me off into a frenzy of activity. I would set out to meet a short deadline with an urgency that would have made you think that my life depended on it. I’d be frustrated about the expectations placed upon me and complained about the
This New Year Focus on Being Instead of Achieving
As we head into the new year, our social media feeds become filled with ideas and suggestions about goals or resolutions that we can pick to improve our lives or to make us better people. But what if all of this striving to be somebody different than who we are
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