The number 17 signifies wisdom, learning, insight, strength, victory, and self-discipline. Certainly, these seventeen quotes about learning connect us to that inner drive to tap our human potential. In addition, challenge us to be mutually responsible for harmony and peace in the world. 17 Inspiring Quotes about Learning  “Perfect is the enemy of good.” Voltaire “Develop […]

Do you work for a good boss or bad boss? Start by thinking of the worst supervisor or boss you ever had. Chances are someone comes immediately to mind. Why do you consider this person “the worst?” How did he or she act? How did this person’s approach affect your attitude and work effort? Did […]

Questions are powerful. It takes courage to ask and answer them honestly. For example: Are you stuck in a job and going nowhere? Do you want to get ahead in your career? Are you doing interviews but getting no job offers? Have you landed a few jobs and they ended up being entirely different than […]

How do you really inspire people? It begins with you. Be inspired to be better in your approach. Then, start with the source: your team, your people, your employees. There are many reasons this all-too-easy and gets bypassed, doubted and ignored. If you ask, you appear to be a great leader. But, if you don’t do anything differently, […]

How many times have you heard the statement, nobody communicates around here?  With all of the new technology, research says people are communicating more but it’s less effective. A Manager Changes A manager I know does a good job, but recently his team gave him feedback that nobody communicates around here. It shook him to […]

To significantly improve team performance, coaching offers a new role for today’s managers. Good coaching requires day to day engagement with employees to give assistance as needed.  Few managers do this well.  Behaviorists Evert and Selman have over 15 years of  study about organizational effectiveness. They argue that, “a management paradigm based on coaching can […]

When you’re the manager, it can be down-right difficult to get candid feedback from our employees. When you do you tap a potential often unrealized in you. However, often times critiques or compliments are coated with ulterior motives or filtered by fear. Your team doesn’t want to tell you something that might put them on […]