by MELANY GALLANT | Mar 23rd, 2011 | Leadership & Management |
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 SEAN CONRAD | Jan 25th, 2011 | Goal Management |
Remember back on January 1st when you were all gung-ho about your New Year’s resolutions? How’s it going? Still on track?
As you probably know, most New Year’s resolutions fizzle out by February. Ah, the best of intentions.
Well, employee and organizational goals can fizzle out at the same speed of those personal resolutions. While we all want to stay on track, it’s not always easy. We may be losing steam because the goals we set are unrealistic [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Jan 4th, 2011 | Performance Management |
Happy New Year! It’s a fresh year, and time to make those resolutions. Or is it? The always eloquent Laurie Ruettimann (@lruettimann on Twitter) had some choice words about resolutions on her blog The Cynical Girl.
Whether you agree with Laurie or not, whether you’ve set some HR-related resolutions already or are still thinking about what they should be…it’s always fun to see what others have planned for the coming [...]
