You don't have to graduate from a top university to acquire soft skills. Intangible soft skills like listening and empathy help facilitate relationships with others, get buy-in on ideas, and move projects forward with less friction.
Learn how leaders from YouTube, General Motors, and Walt Disney leveraged interpersonal skills like empathy, communication, and influence to drive business value.
Interpersonal skills, similar to soft skills, allow you to connect with others, work together, and are key to helping you to advance in your career and your life.
Throughout your career, feedback is necessary to highlight your hits and redirect your misses. Nobody wants to be criticized at work. However, when you receive and handle negative feedback with an open...
Why is effective, constructive feedback so hard to give and get? Honestly, it’s not easy to tell someone where they went wrong. It’s also not exactly easy to gather critical feedback without feeling like you’re being judged or put down.
According to Gartner, 59% of employees believe that traditional performance reviews have “little to no impact” on their performance. Done well, 360-degree feedback can fix this issue and give you the kind of feedback that can identify blind spots for career growth.
Advancing your career depends on your ability to communicate effectively. It is vital to understand how to improve your interpersonal communication skills.
There are over 6.7 million job openings in the U.S. - a record high. While software engineering skills are still needed by employers, there is another set of skills in much higher demand.
Apple recently became the first American company worth over $1 trillion. Learn the secrets to Apple’s success. Feedback is key, of course. How do the top Apple leaders approach feedback? How do they use it to be more effective in their role?
On May 6, 2015, I sold my company, Hall, to Atlassian. I weighed 420 lbs on this very day. While up-and-to-the-right-type growth curves are generally the goal for start-ups and investors, this wasn’t the type of curve I wanted to see.
If you’re questioning whether or not you should write a thank-you letter to coworkers, the answer is always yes! There are numerous benefits of showing gratitude at work, both for your coworkers and for yourself.
Sending a thank-you email to coworkers is an easy way to show your gratitude. Of course, there are pros and cons when sending a thank you email rather than a handwritten note.
Writing a thank you note to an individual colleague is one thing, but when you have to write it to a group of coworkers it can be difficult to know where to begin. This article provides step-by-step instructions to get you started.
Knowing how to say thank you to coworkers can seem like a challenge, but it doesn’t have to be! When you know what to look for, you’ll always find something to be grateful for at work and, with a little practice, you’ll be more comfortable expressing it.
As we continue to transition our work lives to virtual settings, it's important to remember the power of collaboration! Here, we provide some tips to make it easier to work with your team, while working from home.
If traditional performance management isn’t cutting it, consider taking things a notch up with continuous feedback performance management: the high-powered way to get results!
Continuous feedback models may be what you need to revolutionize your performance management system and revitalize your workforce. Here’s what you need to know.
Continuous employee feedback can help you take your company culture to the next level and help you build a fully engaged, productive workforce that meets every goal.
Sometimes the best tools are the ones right there waiting for you to use them. Here’s what has been keeping your employee feedback surveys from reaching their full potential- and how to change that.