“be Better” Tips for Everyone

By Jamie Broderick – Entrepreneur They had me at “Sea Salt and Orchid.” A fan of handcrafted candles and soaps, I was excited to find a company creating intoxicating blends with artisan craftsmanship and natural ingredients. When my order arrived, I breathed in that fresh sea salt and orchid scent and thought, “I love these…

By Robert Carnevale – Ladders Working from home has a lot of big benefits, like allowing you to wear pajamas to work or catch up on all seven seasons of Mad Men while pumping out deliverables from your living room. From a certain point of view, there’s no better way to work. Who needs cubicles…

By Tony Ewing – Forbes Emergent leaders are people whose colleagues see as informal leaders. Take, for example, people who managed the virtual transitions of their offices during the pandemic. Their bosses were often preoccupied with strategic concerns. As a result, they picked up the slack to organize themselves. In other words, such situations gave…

By Ellen Hendricksen, Ph.D. – Psychology Today Walk the line between overreacting and underreacting. Every one of us has a tender underbelly of our psyche. Everyone has something they’re sensitive about, where even a gentle poke can feel more like a thwack. Comments don’t slide off like water from a duck’s back; rather, we feel…

By Angela Kambouris – Entrepreneur When it comes to transforming an organization’s strategy into results, frontline managers are the linchpin of business success. Few roles demand technical knowledge, expertise, and soft skills such as clear communication, team building, and resolving conflicts. In her book Becoming a Manager, Harvard Business professor Linda A. Hill describes how managers are the…

By Marty Nemko Ph.D. – Psychology Today I am developing a leadership/management boot camp for students at a local university. Here, I adapt it for you, the Psychology Today reader: I offer its core content plus an easily doable activity that enables you to apply that content even if you’re not currently in a managerial or leadership role.…

By Ed Cook – TheChangeDecision The words leader and manager often are used interchangeably,  and with that slipshod usage, their individual meanings can be lost.   Peter Drucker and Warren Bennis are often quoted as saying: “Management is doing the things right and Leadership is doing the right thing”    This points to deeper insights.  Management…

By Marisol Garcia Fuentes – Entrepreneur When we hear the word water, an image immediately comes to mind, we know what we are talking about. The same does not happen with the term leadership or when we want to refer to the leader. However, this character plays a fundamental role in cultures and organizations. Jacob…