Tweet These days, it is quite easy to train yourself in hard skills. Accessible, post-secondary education and sites like Lynda.com and YouTube have made it possible for nearly everyone to gain quantifiable skills related to every field of work. So how does one stand out from the highly-educated crowd and prove worthiness for a leadership…
Category: Soft Skills
3 Cognitive Biases That Impede Decision-Making
Tweet We will often find ourselves making decisions and plans based on past experiences. Whether or not our predicted outcomes are logical or reasonable, we hold on to them because we have built ourselves a system of beliefs that we are convinced are true, and can only lead to one possible result. In some cases,…
Four Mistakes to Avoid When Trying to Get a Promotion
Tweet As if there aren’t enough sources of stress at work, why is asking for a promotion perhaps the most stressful experience? “Because you know you’re putting yourself at some level of risk,” says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and author of Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant; How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive…
Common, Critical Factor in Fortune’s Blue Ribbon Ranking Is Leadership
Tweet Every year, Fortune Magazine spends an inordinate amount of time rigorously evaluating companies by size (Fortune 500, Global 500), reputation (World’s Most Admired), growth (Fastest Growing), worker satisfaction (100 Best Companies to Work For), commitment to society (Change the World), commitment to the future (Future 50) and overall performance (Businessperson of the Year.) Fortune’s recently published 2017 Blue Ribbon list highlights 32…