I like watching the TV show The Voice. It’s singing competition show that has four famous singer judges who compete against each other by picking teams of … Read more
Learn to Be Charismatic and Sales Will Follow
Recruiters who possess a high degree of self-confidence and charisma tend to dominate their market and out perform their competitors. They negotiate higher … Read more
Some Sobering Reasons Why We Need to Train Our Leaders, Too
Leaders play an essential role in meeting business goals and profitability targets, as well as delivering service and retaining talent. However, according … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Skills Gap? What If Everyone Feels They Have Great Skills?
We hear a lot about job skills — mainly, how so many American workers don’t spend enough time developing them — and how the lack of … Read more
Developing Leaders: 10 Steps to Help to Do It Through Delegation
Editor’s Note: Readers frequently ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why we republish a Classic TLNT post every Friday. Creating future “owners. That’s … Read more
5 Reasons You Need Coaches (or at Least, a Cheerleader) at Work
Life coaches and personal trainers seem to be the new status symbol. From corporate CEOs to the 19-year-old French student, everyone’s talking about the … Read more
Your Hiring Formula – It’s Recruit For Attitude, Train For Skill
When hiring for a new position, all employers want to recruit the most talented and skilled candidates possible – preferably with a great attitude, too. In … Read more
If All You Do Is Think You Should Be Doing Better, You Won’t
When I was 16 years old I came home from a particularly hard day’s work at Burger King where I commanded a wage of $3.35 per hour. (Yeah, minimum … Read more
Why Coaching Doesn’t Always Work
It’s no news flash that executive coaching is one of the wisest investments an organization can make. Countless studies show that employees who seek … Read more
Managers as Coaches? You and Your Workers Aren’t Ready For That
This isn’t necessarily a new concept, but it’s one that is popping up a ton lately in conversation. The basic concept is that we should push our managers … Read more