Managers: You’re not a BFF or a therapist. This is how much you should know about your employees’ personal lives
by Fast Company
Fast Company— One of the unexpected disadvantages to the evolution of leadership, from more autocratic, tyrannic, despotic, and top-down during more nepotistic, plutocratic, violent times, to more democratic, empathetic, considerate, and inclusive in the best of times, is the common tendency to mistake leaders for our friends. The essence of leadership has not changed in the slightest. It is still about one thing, and one thing only: namely to turn a group of people into a high-performing team, enabling...
One Green Planet—All About Fiber: How Much is Too Much?. In this article, we explain the benefits of fiber, along with the potential side effects of overconsumption, and how to have just the right amount.
PYMNTS.com—If You’re Happy and You Know It, You Must Be Small. Smaller is happier, so says the World Happiness Report. Economist David S. Evans explains why the numbers may not tell the whole tale.
www.ragan.com—Collaborating with managers to improve employee engagement. Discover your organization’s untapped potential through the transformative impact of effective communication strategies on workplace morale and productivity. No one benefits from an unhappy workforce. Yet detached and unmotivated employees seem to be everywhere. Last year, for example, two-thirds of U.S. workers reported feeling either not engaged or actively disengaged on the job, according to […]