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.
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.
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.
You’ve probably heard that cliché statement, “Feedback is a gift!” from mentors, supervisors, and bosses more times than you care to remember. Sure it’s catchy, but is it true?
Employee relations are more important than many realize. When employees are happy and treated with respect, their performance improves and revenues go up.
First impressions are everything. That's why it's important to have the proper plan and employee development training in place to maximize employees' potentials.
Employee development can be make or break for a company. That's why it's important to continuously develop your employees to reach their potential. Here are 11 key areas to help develop in.
Everything you need to know about employee development and so much more. Including pros and cons, employee development plans, programs, goals, and ways to encourage it in your workplace.
A complete breakdown on employee development goals. Including the benefits, why they are important, 10 specific goals, metrics, and specifics for teams of all sizes - small, medium, large, and remote.
Discover the true meaning of kudos and how to use it to improve employee engagement. Learn creative ways to give kudos and build a culture of recognition.
Learn how to give effective employee kudos with examples, templates, and email tips. Boost kudos, employee recognition, and engagement with real-world ideas.
Kudos images and Kudos gifs are fun ways to show appreciation at the office and add a little variety to your regular Kudos-giving. Here’s what you need to know about them.
Learn how to use kudos recognition to strengthen culture and boost engagement. Explore real kudos employee recognition examples and peer-to-peer best practices.
