Managing Employees: Page 10

Culture

Stop Trying to Retain Employees With Flashy Perks. Rethink Your Organizational Structure Instead.

Most execs try to improve culture at a top level with perks, but a better success method might be a hard look at leadership systems as a whole — and a willingness to shake them up.

Leadership

Don't Neglect Your Middle Managers — Here's Why They're the Key to Your Company's Success

Discussing the power of middle managers and their crucial role in driving employee engagement and performance.

Leadership

Don't Talk to Another Customer Until You Learn This Simple Customer Service Secret

Every customer is at the center of their own world. This simple realization can be your ticket to customer service transformation and excellence, as this customer service consultant and trainer explains.

Leadership

Why Assessments Are a Critical Component of Knowing Your Team

How assessments can provide an objective understanding of interpersonal needs, communication styles and drivers of trust for the individuals and teams leaders work with.

Productivity

Companies Spend More Than $37 Billion Each Year on Unnecessary Meetings — Use These 5 Tips to Make Sure Yours Are Worth Attending.

Now more than ever before, we're in a meeting overload, spending countless hours on calls and in brainstorming sessions with our colleagues, only to get nothing done. Here are five ways to make your meetings more efficient.

Leadership

How to Manage These 6 Different Workplace Personality Types

The ideal of treating all your employees equally doesn't always lead to optimal outcomes. Instead, cater your management style to individual personality types — then watch your staff blossom!

Franchise

So You Decided to Become a Franchisee. Here's What Happens Next.

The author of "The Wealthy Franchisee" gives an uncensored account of the highs and lows experienced during those initial days of doing business.

Leadership

CEOs Are Tricking Employees Into Spending More Time In The Office — But Here's Why They're Only Fooling Themselves.

Traditionalist CEOs seem to be turning up the heat to trick employees into spending more time in the office — but at what cost?

Growing a Business

How to Turn Every Employee into a Sales Superstar

When you run a small business, you do not have a machine to grind out leads, vet them and close the deal. You need every person on your team to generate business.

Leadership

How to Ask Truly Powerful Questions as a Leader (and Why It's Important)

To be an effective leader, you must develop the skill of asking powerful questions. Here's why — and how to do it.

Leadership

Mastering Emotional Intelligence Is the Key to Effective Leadership and Team Building

Why EI is vital for leaders and team dynamics, and how to boost yours.

Leadership

Don't Let an Insecure Boss Stop You From Getting a Raise or Promoted. Here are 3 Tactics to Help You Survive This Tricky Situation.

The more you understand your boss's insecurities, the more you can work with them — and build your own confidence along the way.

Leadership

How to Improve Team Management and Grow Your Business

Growth requires determination, dedication, and team management strategies that boost productivity and innovation.

Collaboration

Is Someone Using Subtle Power Moves on You? Here's What You Need to Know — and How to Regain Equal Footing.

Sometimes, it can be hard to figure out a person's intentions, especially if you've just met them.