Warren Buffett Warren Buffett Says Look for This 1 Trait if You Want to Hire the Best PeopleInc Magazine - Marcel SchwantesSo many of us have to make decisions that define who we are and what we believe in. It's that moment when we arrive at the crossroads of choosing between toeing the line for the wrong reasons or doing
Google Spent 2 Years Researching What Makes a Great Remote Team. It Came Up With These 3 ThingsInc Magazine - Justin BarisoIn a quest to create the perfect remote team, Google researchers spent two years studying more than 5,000 employees. Here's what they learned. As someone who's worked remotely for several years, I know
When a Competent Employee Is Also a Highly Toxic OneInc Magazine - Fiona MacaulayHaving someone suck the life out of your company is never worth it. Here's how you know it's time to let someone go, even if they are a high-performer. A few years back, Eric Sinoway wrote an Harvard Review
How to Manage Morale When a Well-Liked Employee LeavesHarvard Business Review - Liane DaveyIt’s a dreadful moment when a well-liked member of your team tenders their resignation. You experience a cocktail of emotions ranging from fear about how the rest of the team will react, to frustration
How Toxic Are Your Co-workers, Exactly? Pretty Toxic if You See Them Doing These 5 ThingsInc Magazine - Marcel SchwantesIf you feel judged and rejected, remember: it's not about you. You're probably working with one of these types of people. Over the years, I've witnessed many toxic traits in the workplace. But I have tell
Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed OneHarvard Business Review - Tony SchwartzMany C-Suite leaders are focused on how to build higher performance cultures. The irony, we’ve found, is that building a culture focused on performance may not be the best, healthiest, or most sustainable
A 63-Year-Old Experiment Reveals the Secret to Solving Office DramaInc Magazine - Ari ZoldanThe Robber's Cave experiment demonstrates the tools needed to solve any group conflict. The key to success for any company often lies in cooperation. Communication and understanding is a precursor of The
How to Immediately Win Your Employees' Trust (Even When They Are More Experienced Than You)Inc Magazine - Mareo McCrackenYou don't have to know everything, but you do you have to care and lead by example. As a young almost-college graduate, I didn't think of myself as a leader. I was a performer. I did the work, but I wasn't
Science Says 'Team Players' Don't Get Hired (Here's the Surprising Data)Inc Magazine - Bill Murphy Jr.All the folks who tell you to say you're a 'team player' are dead wrong. Here's why. Looking for a job? Maybe you've been told you should make sure people know you're a real team player. Because, sure,
The 8 Keys to High-Performing Office Culture: The Best Employees Take Cues From Great ManagersInc Magazine - Michael SchneiderThere's no linear equation to follow when creating a high-performing culture. Rather, organizational success is a byproduct of the right conditions. Nearly 70 percent of CEOs now recognize culture as of
How Long Is Too Long With the Wrong Hire?Inc Magazine - Jeff PruittHow long is too long with an underperforming employee? When do you let them go versus invest in more training? Hiring is one of the more complex parts of operating a business. Even with the best vetting
Management 10 Tips to Motivate Employees Without Resorting to MoneyEntrepreneur - John RamptonNothing is better for the bottom line than employees who are motivated to work for psychic benefits. Are you looking for ways to motivate your people? If so, you need to start looking beyond monetary The
New Research Shows Why Focus On Teams, Not Just Leaders, Is Key To Business PerformanceForbes - Josh BersinDeloitte just launched a study of people challenges in business, Deloitte Human Capital Trends 2016, and the results were striking. Among the 7,000+ companies who responded (in over 130 countries), the
The Case for Investing More in PeopleHarvard Business Review - Eric GartonThere is a virtuous cycle between productivity and people: Higher levels of productivity allow society to reinvest in human capital (most obviously, though not exclusively, via higher wages), and smart
Neuroscience Says Workplace Happiness Comes Down to Experiencing This Emotion DailyInc Magazine - Marcel SchwantesWhen the brain releases this feel-good chemical, good things will happen for you and your company. Over the last decade, compelling research from neuroscience continues to inform leaders and HR professionals
How to Build a Real Company Culture That Stands the Test of TimeInc Magazine - Molly St. LouisCompany culture is not about pizza parties and bean bag chairs. It's certainly easy to fall into media hype when we're constantly being fed blockbuster-worthy stories about how entrepreneurs use their
How Tribalism Hurts Companies, and What to Do About ItHarvard Business Review - Robert KovachA strange thing happens just before mile marker three in the London Marathon. With approximately 40,000 runners participating in one of the world’s largest charity fundraising events, crowd control necessitates
How People with Different Conflict Styles Can Work TogetherHarvard Business Review - Amy GalloWhen it comes to conflict, most of us have a default approach: we either tend to avoid it or seek it out. The avoiders among us shy away from disagreements, value harmony and positive relationships, and
Want to Build a High-Performing Team? Science Says Focus on These 3 ThingsInc Magazine - Sonia ThompsonTo build a strong team, define in advance your norms and standards for excellence. Then work to ensure everyone on your team is equipped to meet them. Many leaders believe a team is only as strong as weakest
Sports Coaching Google Spent 2 Years Studying 180 Teams. The Most Successful Ones Shared These 5 TraitsInc Magazine - Michael SchneiderInsights from Google's new study could forever change how teams are assembled. Over the years, Google has embarked on countless quests, collected endless amounts of data, and spent millions trying to understand
The average American has only one close friend — here's how we got to this pointBusiness Insider - Emma Seppala and Peter SimsAlarmingly, when asked how many of them had "real friends" — the kind of confidantes with whom they could talk honestly and vulnerably about life on a regular basis, through good times and bad — only people
How to Build a High-Performance TeamEntrepreneur - Phil GeldartThese seven components that make up a standard for excellence of performance for a world-class team. There are two things required to build a high-performing team. Getting the basics in place right from
3 Steps To End Your Meetings The Right WayForbes - Kevin KruseWhat are the six steps to running the most effective meeting possible? Dick Axelrod founded the Axelrod Group, a consulting firm that pioneered the use of employee involvement to effect large-scale organizational
How to Design Meetings Your Team Will Want to AttendHarvard Business Review - Paul AxtellThere’s a lot of advice out there about how to make meetings more efficient and productive. And while it’s true that leading focused, deliberate conversations is critical to organizational performance,
10 Traits of Managers Whose Teams Are Happy to Come to WorkEntrepreneur - Sherrie CampbellThe last thing any manager wants their team members to do is dread coming to work each day. Because people spend the majority of their time at work, it is important managers do all they can to make that
Why Failure is Critical to DevOps Cultureinformationweek.com - Jason Hand, VictorOps One of the first steps in DevOps is to understand the need for some failures and learn from them.
Rules or Culture: What's the Best Way to Lead?Inc Magazine - Jim SchleckserRules-based and culture-based leadership can get to the right answer. Which is right for your organization? There are multiple ways you can manage an organization to make sure that the right decisions
The Key To Creating A Great Company Culture (Hint: It's Not The Perks)Forbes - Erika AndersenI just did a Google search on “company culture” and got 14.5 million results. The idea that organizations have cultures isn’t new — people have been writing about it since the 80s – but it’s only in the
4 Simple Things Every Team Wants From Their LeaderInc Magazine - Gordon TredgoldWhile it can be difficult to become a great leader and to achieve great things, practicing great leadership is actually quite easy. There is a tendency to overcomplicate or overthink what leadership is,
