Praise can be a funny thing. When we’re kids – as a study published in Psychology Today shows – we can respond negatively to praise. The article provides examples of a 5-year-old who “burst into tears” when her grandmother looked at her school workbook and proclaimed, “It’s brilliant!”, and a 15-year-old boy who “blushed with fury” when his teacher said his English homework was “intelligent and sensitive.”
As author, Dr. Terri Apter, discovered while conducting [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Feb 15th, 2011 | Performance Management |
I recently ordered Wally Bock’s Working Supervisor’s Support Kit which includes his book Performance Talk: The One-on-One Part of Leadership. For those of you who don’t know Wally, he’s an author, consultant and speaker specializing in leadership and training. He’s also the man behind Three Star Leadership, one of our favorite sites on the topic.
Performance Talk is a practical guide that helps supervisors effectively train themselves on how to [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Feb 1st, 2011 | Performance Management |
For Freud, the ego is the division of the psyche that helps us organize our thoughts and make sense of them and the world around us. For most of us today, the word ego tends to connote an “exaggerated sense of self-importance” and “an inflated feeling of pride and superiority to others”.
In a work setting, ego can be a very positive thing. That is, if we’re talking about functional egos. A person with a functional [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Dec 21st, 2010 | Employee Engagement & Retention |
Motivation is the force that converts intention into action. In a work setting, it is the drive that helps maintain goal-directed performance. For over 40 years, scientists and business researchers have conducted numerous studies to determine what incentives help motivate employees. So many companies spend thousands of dollars hiring outside firms to give motivation seminars, realizing that by nurturing the talent of individuals and building stronger teams, they can help cultivate a happy work environment.
What’s [...]
by SEAN CONRAD | Dec 16th, 2010 | Performance Management |
In our first article of a three-part series on performance appraisals, we discussed HR’s three wishes this holiday season when it comes to performance reviews. In this second article, we provide insight and tips to help managers prepare for performance appraisal meetings with employees.
Whether you are a manager now or in your past life, you’ve probably seen performance appraisal season coming and dreaded it. The process is time-consuming, you have to squish [...]
