Employee Development

When leading others, do you sometimes feel like a parent? If you do, one expert says that you might be on the right track to becoming a great leader. This blog examines the claim and discusses how you as a leader can parent those in...

How do you help your team grow? One part of the equation should be to challenge them. Why? Challenge pushes us out of our comfort zones, causing us to feel stressed and uncomfortable. Since we don't like this, we seek ways to solve that challenge...

Whether your team is in enjoying calm waters or in the midst of a storm, teamwork is crucial. Doing the work to help your team develop the right attitude, understand the difference it is making, think outside-the-box, get to know one another, and celebrate success...

How does a company, like United Airlines, recover from a public failure? In an article from 2006, Embracing Change as Opportunity, Richard Belluzzo outlines four key principles that are still relevant to the situation United finds itself in today. The first principle is a tough one: “Don’t...

Most employers want workers who have the confidence to take initiative, creatively problem-solve, and exercise good judgement. Yet sometimes well-meaning bosses undermine their employees’ efforts. For example, recently I gave some employees a task to do and sent them on their way. Not five minutes later...