To Our Valued Subscribers, With the NHL (Congratulations Penguins’) and NBA (Congratulations Golden State) seasons now completed, the sporting world now turn its attention to America’s past time, baseball. My World Series Champion Cubs (yes, I will use this until they are no longer World Series Champions, it only took 108 years!!) are only 1… read more
by:KEITH CARLSON -Nurses.com These days, many nonmedical professionals are changing careers and shifting into nursing and healthcare. We’re seeing nurses entering the profession from careers in industries as varied as insurance, banking, publishing, retail, and management. As a significant number of younger nurses simultaneously enter the profession directly from the post-high school college… read more
by: Run ADP The terms temporary worker, contract employee, and independent contractor are sometimes used interchangeably, but there are important distinctions between these types of workers. Some of which impact pay, benefits, taxes, and other employment requirements. Here are some key differences you need to know: Independent Contractors: When a worker qualifies as an independent… read more
by: David Wilk, Frank Ford, and David Ahearn -Ladders As improv comedians, the same philosophy and principles that work so well for us on stage also work very well when we apply them to our business. Here are four ways you can apply improv techniques to help you succeed at work. 1. Become an active listener Everyone thinks that to… read more
by: Eric Barker-Ladders You must be tired of them. They’re everywhere. Narcissists. And if you think there are more of them than ever, you’re right. Research shows we are experiencing a narcissism epidemic. From The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement: In data from 37,000 college students, narcissistic personality traits rose just as fast… read more
by: Michael Cheary-reed.co.uk Interview questions come in all shapes and sizes… Some, like character questions, are all about finding out more about your personality. Others try and throw you a curveball, to see how you handle being put under pressure. But the truth is, they aren’t all about you – and that’s exactly where this… read more
By: Kris Macchiarola, Ed.S.-LinkedIn Things I know to be true… 1. When you are afraid of being vulnerable, you will fail to have great expectations for yourself. You will be afraid to try new things. 2. We are happiest when we are learning and growing. When you ignore your vulnerabilities instead of surrendering to them and embracing… read more
by: Shari Levitin Two weeks ago, I met my new friend, sales guru and best selling author, Jill Konrath, at the San Francisco airport and Ubered to my place. Before long, we were craving some goodies so decided to hop in my car and head to the nearest grocery store. The next thing I knew,… read more
by: John Eades-LinkedIn After surveying thousands of organizational leaders, interviewing hundreds of leaders on the “Follow My Lead” Podcast and being a true student of leadership for many years, it’s beyond evident to me there is an upper echelon of leaders. So much so, it forced us to come up with a name where these leaders stay called… read more
by: CEB Blogs Not all leaders were born to run a town hall, but help them with the right kind of message and it can work wonders in motivating and teaching employees Internal comms teams have an increasingly hard job as they must compete for an ever smaller slice of employees’ time and concentration to… read more