• 7 Ways to Encourage Innovation in the Workplace

    7 Ways to Encourage Innovation in the Workplace0

    Smart leaders know they have to maintain a competitive edge within their industries in order to sustain their slice of the marketplace pie. It remains essential, therefore, that a business continually improves what it offers and how it operates. But ideas for improvement that lead to success don’t just happen–it takes a concerted effort to

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  • Three Ways to Overcome Fear of Failure at Work

    Three Ways to Overcome Fear of Failure at Work0

    Nobody enjoys failing. Fear of failure can be so strong that avoiding failure eclipses the motivation to succeed. Insecurity about doing things incorrectly causes many people to unconsciously sabotage their chances for success.  Fear of failure is the intense worry you experience when you imagine all the horrible things that could happen if you failed

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  • 10 Ways to Motivate Your Team

    10 Ways to Motivate Your Team0

    While the saying “You can’t motivate anyone, they have to motivate themselves” may be true from a psychological perspective, people are more likely to motivate themselves when a manager creates a motivating workplace environment. Employees give 110 percent because they want to work hard, not because they have to.  Leaders must understand that in today’s

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  • Keeping Employees Motivated: 5 Essential Tips

    Keeping Employees Motivated: 5 Essential Tips0

    Employees are the lifeblood of any company or business. Therefore, they need ‘VIP’ treatment so that they can go about their duties with dedication. As a boss, one of the greatest achievements you can hone is to have most, if not all, of your employees on your side. Employee motivation is an integral part of

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  • Using Daily Management to Engage Employees in the Gemba

    Using Daily Management to Engage Employees in the Gemba0

    Learn more about NE Lean Conference below In today’s active world we are hearing more about getting employees within the organization engaged at work. This is not only for the leadership team, but also for the hourly workforce. For the sake of this discussion let’s define engaged employees as those that work with passion and

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  • 6 Surefire Ways to Kill Morale

    6 Surefire Ways to Kill Morale0

    You’re doing everything you can to make sure your talented employees stick around, your most enthusiastic workers have an infectious impact on morale, and your strugglers get the coaching and training they need to bolster their contributions. But while you work hard to staff your workplace, are you also guilty of these six simple blunders

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