employee orientation

New Hire Onboarding: Avoid Buyer’s Remorse

Posted September 13th, 2012 in Business Smarts, Leadership Smarts, Success & Blooper Stories, Talent Smarts | No Comments »

How much of money do you spend on hiring the right people and then waste by pouring cold water on their enthusiasm on that very first day? Almost all companies do an orientation or onboarding program for new hires but few pay much attention to them. Often new hires come to work excited only to [...]

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Three Questions That Will Make You a Better Leader

Posted September 11th, 2012 in Assessments, Quizzes, Leadership Smarts, Performance & Skill Boosters | No Comments »

Do you know how you’re doing with the leadership competencies that are absolutely necessary for success in your present and future positions?” According to Daniel Goleman in his bestseller Emotional Intelligence good, solid, to the point feedback is how you find out. My experience with high achieving leaders is that they seldom solicit feedback. In [...]

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Are You a High Achiever? Then Watch Out For These Sand Traps!

Posted September 4th, 2012 in Career Smarts, Leadership Smarts, Performance & Skill Boosters | No Comments »

“Many high performers would rather do the wrong things well than do the right thing poorly.” This is from “The Paradox of Excellence,” Harvard Business Review, June 2011. Why is it so many smart, ambitious professionals and leaders are less productive and satisfied than they should or could be? If you’re a high achiever, then [...]

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career success map

What Do You Want From a Career? Are You Getting It?

Posted August 28th, 2012 in Assessments, Quizzes, Career Smarts, Performance & Skill Boosters | 1 Comment »

A career is more than a job, more than a sequence of jobs, more than luck or happenstance. Everyone had a career but not everyone knows what will lead to career success. To help you clarify your career aspirations and achieve more successful person-career fit, there is an assessment tool called the Career Success Map. [...]

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managing performers and potentials

Managing Performers and Potentials

Posted August 24th, 2012 in Business Smarts, Performance & Skill Boosters, Strategy & Culture, Talent Smarts | 2 Comments »

In a time when the workforce is increasingly mobile, your ability to identify high-performing and high-potential employees and managers is critical. Yet, many struggle to distinguish one from the other. In many organizations, performance is the primary measure of an employee’s value. Star performers are promoted and rewarded, while diamonds in the rough become disengaged [...]

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