Emotional Intelligence: Why It’s Essential to Your Success as a Project Manager When you think of a “perfect project manager,” what comes to mind? Do you picture someone who is good at defining scope, having planning and organizational skills and the ability to track cost and metrics? A project manager must possess technical expertise, but need more than the requisite knowledge to create positive results. The more challenging and complex the … [Read more...]
9 Proven Ways to Increase Employee Engagement
9 Proven Ways to Increase Employee Engagement There’s nothing more harmful to the profitability and performance of a company than employees who are unmotivated and disengaged. These sentiments infuse the atmosphere with negativity, which then results in poor attitudes, high employee turnover, and, ultimately shakes the faith of your customers, as they begin to look elsewhere. Conversely, a positive workplace environment engages employees from … [Read more...]
How to Create Teams That Drive Success
How to Create Teams That Drive Success Success driven teams don’t simply “happen”. It’s not a fortunate aligning of the stars that energizes people to work together for a common goal. All winning coaches know that which led their team to victory began long before they ever took the field. Championship teams are created. Motivated together, through a sharpening of collective skills, accountability, and trust. Though the goals may differ, every … [Read more...]
How to Communicate With the 5 Generations in the Workplace
How to Communicate With the 5 Generations in the Workplace Today’s corporate leaders are faced with a unique challenge as they drive toward success in the workplace. For the first time in history, management and leadership are bringing together 5 separate and diverse generations of employees, and with that comes an unexampled set of issues. There really is no compass to help you navigate your way through these uncharted waters. Learning to turn … [Read more...]
The VIA Advantage: Learning to Play to Your Strengths
The VIA Advantage: Learning to Play to Your Strengths Our culture accentuates the negative. From report cards to annual performance reviews at work to television advertising, we most often hear what’s wrong with us, what our weaknesses are, where we fall short and what we need to do to improve. Wouldn’t it be amazing to live in a world where everyone’s strengths were recognized, validated, encouraged, and celebrated? There are … [Read more...]