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
by: CEB Blogs Like a host of other corporate functions, there is no single measure that shows how successful communications teams are; the trick is to tie whatever you measure to important business goals Many of our day-to-day activities can be summed up well by numbers. Commutes are measured in miles or kilometers, or minutes spent… read more
by: Claire Lew-Signal v. Noise “How do you know if a company’s culture is good?” Last week, a friend who’s looking for a new job asked me this. She’d been doing a few interviews, and was trying to figure out what questions to ask during her interviews to discern if a potential employer’s workplace culture… read more
by: Jane Burnett-Ladders It can be difficult to communicate clearly with team members in the office when you’re having a particularly rough morning, or if you work in an environment where you don’t feel supported. Here are five things getting in the way of your open dialogue and how to fix them. Seek psychological safety Stress… read more
by: Travis Bradberry-Ladders There are so many things that can get good, hard-working people fired. Honest mistakes often carry hard-hitting consequences. A recent study from the ePolicy Institute surveyed more than 300 companies and found that a third of them have fired employees for the misuse of company technology. Companies are so worried about employee… read more