SMART Leadership

4 Surprisingly Effective Things to Say

Marla Tabaka As the boss, you have to know it all and always be in the right. Wrong. Try these simple, yet powerful words to build trust and lead with integrity. We all make mistakes, say the wrong things, and misjudge a situation from time to time. But not everyone will admit their errors, especially […]
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Turn a Good Worker Into a Great Manager: 6 Steps

Paul Spiegelman It’s noble to promote from within, but irresponsible if it’s without preparation. Here’s what you should do. I’m sure this is familiar. You have a great employee, who does strong work, and is ready for more responsibility. So you make him or her a supervisor, manager, or leader of others, and you’re happy […]
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10 Ways to Do What You Love for a Living

By: Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily Contributor While most of us would love a career we are passionate about, too many employees are stuck in jobs they don’t even like, let alone love. Finding a way to do what you love for a living benefits both you and your employer, but how do you turn your dream into a […]
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Which Behaviors Must Leaders Avoid?

by Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins If you want to empower, engage, or motivate others, don’t just focus on increasing your positive behaviors. Pay attention to what you need to stop doing as well. Why? Because people remember the bad more than the good. To quote from a previous HBR article, How to Play to Your Strengths, […]
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The Surprisingly Simple Productivity Time Saver

BY STEPHANIE VOZZA The timer that rings when your pizza is done can also help you become more productive at work. Francesco Cirillo was a student at Guido Carli International University, a business school in Rome, in the early 1990s when he discovered the impact of timing tasks. “I was easily distracted and unable to focus,” he says. […]
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Managing Your Time Will Never Be Enough

Dan Martell, Clarity Blog Fact: there are only 24 hours in a day, and 7 days in a week. It’s impossible to add additional hours to the day, and it definitely isn’t healthy to cut back on sleep, exercise, or personal time in order to free up more hours in the day to work. So instead […]
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Why Everyone Is an Entrepreneur Now

by Jana Kasperkevic May 24, 2013 Job-hopping might ruffle a corporation’s feathers, but employers need to accept it’s a way of life. Millennials have disrupted the labor market, making it acceptable to job hop and complete “tours of duty” until a better offer comes along. In the process, company loyalty has become a thing of the […]
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5 Traits of Bad Bosses

Face it, we all have had bad bosses or seen what a bad boss looks like. Nothing can destroy company morale and culture as a bad boss, it’s contagious. For those of you that have watched the cult-classic Office Space, a bad boss can be a micromanager that only cares about pointless tasks, or a […]
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Tips For Being More Productive

Recent studies show that Americans are busier today than they have ever been, working longer than anyone else in the industrialized world. With so much to do and so little time, here are some tips to help you be more efficient, productive and most importantly, maximize your time to live your life to its fullest. […]
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Ol’ Dale Carnegie Is Still Right

In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote one of the most popular self-help books of all time: How to Win Friends and Influence People. Despite the fact that the book was written more than 75 years ago, it is still widely read and has spawned leadership training courses all over the world. Carnegie wrote the book based […]
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