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 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 YVON MARTEL | Jan 26th, 2011 | Competency Management |
An increasing number of healthcare organizations are looking for new and innovative ways to support competency assessment programs. The traditional paper and pen tracking systems are becoming more burdensome to manage especially with the growing number of regulatory requirements healthcare organizations must comply with, such as Joint Commission and MAGNET®.
In a recent webinar, leading competency assessment expert Donna Wright discussed the challenges of competency assessments.
In particular, Donna cites there are too many [...]
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 11th, 2011 | Performance Management |
There’s no denying the tight link between employee performance and corporate performance, but the bigger challenge for HR leaders is actually showing that link in a tangible way.
HR leaders, pressured to demonstrate how talent management practices are helping to improve the performance of the entire organization, need proven ways to actually measure this connection.
Join us January 25 for a one-hour webinar on how HR can effectively make this connection.
In this fast-paced webcast, Bob Angel of [...]
