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9 Psychology Tips to Motivate Under Performing Employees

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Psychology Tips to Motivate Under Performing Employees
Psychology Tips to Motivate Under Performing Employees

An under performing employee is something every manager or leader will have to face sooner or later, but what’s the best approach? Some will tell you that poor performance is solely down to a lack of ability or self-discipline. Others will duck the issue and just try to remain ‘friends’ with everyone on the team. As with everything in business the balance lies somewhere in the middle.

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Filed Under: What Leaders Need to Know Tagged With: High Performance Teams, Improve Team Performance, Managing Performance, Motivate People, Motivate Teams, Motivating Employees, Motivating Teams, Motivation, Psychology Tips, Team Building, Team Performance, Under Performing Employees

Why Millennials Will Make a Great New Cohort of Leaders

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Millennials
Millennials Will Make a Great New Cohort of Leaders

There really is no way of getting around it. Sooner or later companies are going to have to embrace millennial leaders. After all, the ones that came before are going to keep retiring. Even before that happens, the old guard going to start losing touch with what an ever-growing group of customers wants, needs and pays attention to.

The good news? Millennials actually make some surprisingly good leaders. They have some vital attributes which make them perfectly suited to the world as it exists today. Here we’ll explore some of their strongest attributes.
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Filed Under: How to Grow Leaders Tagged With: Accountability, Corporate Activism, Corporate Culture, Generation X, Good Leaders, Guest Blogger, Guest Post, Hierarchy, Innovation, Innovation and Change, Jessica Fender, Leaders, Leadership, Millennials, Old Guard, Respect

Embrace Failure or Put Your New Business at Risk

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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No one Gets It Right First Time

Being a business owner is not for the faint of heart. You must have determination, courage, and strength.

You must also possess the innate ability to brush off failure and not let it define you as a business person. Because if you venture into the crazy world of business ownership, you will fail. It’s not an if kind of question but a when.

Yet, some new business owners believe the perfectionist myth when trying to craft an entire business perfectly the first time. That’s like trying to build this LEGO Ninjago City with 4867 pieces from just the picture. Sure, you may get close, but it’s probably not going to be right. And it may look okay from the outside, but fall apart the first time you use it.

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Filed Under: What Leaders Need to Know Tagged With: Business Growth, Business Planning, Failure, Learning, New Business, Planning, Quotes, Selling Online, Successful Business

What Motivates People At Work: 4 Actionable Factors

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Motivation

When Lou Gerstner took over as CEO of IBM in 1993, he took the reigns of an old and prestigious institution with a rich history. Gerstner had no computer industry experience, but he did have deep leadership experience. And taking over at IBM he would need every bit of it: IBM had suffered a multibillion dollar loss and was burning cash.

“There’s been a lot of speculation as to when I’m going to deliver a vision of IBM [but] the last thing IBM needs right now is a vision,” Gerstner said at his first press conference. He needed to make some tough decisions and get the his new team members working together effectively – fast.

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Filed Under: How to Lead Others Tagged With: Change Management, Culture, Decision Making, Empowered Employees, Informed Decisions, Leadership Behaviour, Leadership Empowerment, Micromanagement, Motivate People, Motivate Teams, Motivating Employees, Motivating People, Motivating Team, Motivating Your Team, Motivation, Motivational Leadership, Organisational Culture, Participative Decision-making, Talent, Team Behaviours

7 Competencies For the Next Generation of Leaders

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Competencies For Future Leaders

Despite the undeniable impact of sound leadership on the success of any organisation, there remains an apparent lack of understanding when it comes to the specific core competencies every leader ought to prioritise while carrying out their professional responsibilities. To be clear, this does not mean these leaders are wholly unfit or ineffective; instead, it only indicates that these professionals have not yet maximised their own potential or the potential of the organisation they are charged with leading.[Continue Reading …]

Filed Under: How to Grow Leaders Tagged With: Communication, Creativity, Culture, Ethical Leadership, Goals, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Leadership Competencies, Leadership Empowerment, Leadership In Teams, Leading Innovation, Moral Standards, Next Generation of Leaders, Objectives, Organisational Culture, Professional Development, Standards, Trust

5 Weird and Effective Ways to Inspire Unmotivated Employees

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Weird Ways to Inspire

Creating a positive atmosphere in the office is not that easy. Sometimes, there are periods of the year when your employees are going to feel less motivated. This is all a normal cycle, as we’re all only human.
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Filed Under: How to Grow Leaders Tagged With: Employee Engagement, Improve Employee Retention, Improve Team Performance, Inspire People, Inspiring Leader, Motivate People, Motivate Teams, Motivating Employees, Motivating People, Motivating Team, Motivating Your Team, Productive, Productivity, Team Engagement, Team Performance

4 Proven Ways to Keep Your Team Engaged

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Team Engagement

Team engagement is more than just a buzzword.  Companies large and small have learned the value of engaging employees and what they mean to both the profitability and longevity of the company.

Millions of dollars are spent every year to discover ways to keep employees engaged.  Part of their budget is spent on discovering and retaining team leaders who are successful in engaging team members. Gallup recently released new research that discovered that “disengaged” employees offer the greatest opportunity for businesses to improve their performance and profitability.

That’s where you come in!
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Filed Under: How to Grow Leaders Tagged With: Developing Employees, Employee Engagement, Empowered Employees, Guest Post, James Beene, Leadership, Leadership In Teams, Leading Teams, Motivation, Team, Team Engagement, Team Leader, Teams

What Creativity Can Do to Businesses, and Why You’re Getting It Wrong

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Quote on image: Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. - Erich Fromm
Decision-Making and Creativity

This month Edoardo Binda Zane, author of Amazon bestseller Effective Decision-Making* throws a light on creativity, what it can do for businesses, and why we’re getting it all wrong.

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Filed Under: What Leaders Need to Do Tagged With: Amazon, Brainstorming, Business Tools, Business World, Collaboration, Competitive Leadership, Creativity, Creativity Techniques, Decision Making, Design Thinking, Edoardo Binda Zane, Effective Decision, Effective Decision-Making, Good Business Ideas, Good Idea, Good Ideas, Guest Blogger, Guest Post, Leadership, Participative Decision-making, Problem Solving

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