Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Talking to yourself - healthy or bad? Here’s how to give yourself the medicine and use purposeful language to achieve personal success and lead others.
You? Yes, you! Do you talk to yourself too?
10 Unique Ideas for Onboarding New Employees
Onboarding is a critical time for new employees. Not only does it set the tone and stage for their time with your company, but it can also have long-reaching effects on employee performance and morale.
Here are some fun ways you can spice up your employee onboarding program to ensure new employees feel connected and welcomed right off the bat.
The Bonus Myth - It’s Really About the Culture
Enjoy this series of shorts on Leadership from Jim.
This issue looks at one of your most powerful competitive advantages.
The headline in the Wall Street Journal page one article reads: “Wells Fargo Bankers, Chasing Bonuses, Overcharged Clients.” Ignore for a moment whether they did it, and did it for the reason in the headline. Consider the scale of damage to any business, let alone one that has a trust reputation headed for the basement. Despite our best logic, our emotions scream, “If they did it to those people, they’ll do it to me, and I won’t know until it’s too late.” Do you want your customers spiraling that way about you and your business?
A Great Lesson for CFOs from the Sporting World
Here is a short lesson for Chief Financial Officers from athletes. In most sports, like business, success is measured in degrees and is often the culmination of many small victories and small failures. For example, in American football, the cornerback – a player whose main job is to defend against the forward pass by the opposing team – fails over 60% of the time, the percentage of forward passes completed in Professional Football. How do cornerbacks thrive – the best make over USD 15 million/year – when their success rate is less than 40%?
Developing Greater Self-Awareness
Developing self-awareness is important work. It is not easy. Most work to better understand ourselves and become better leaders isn’t easy. This is what makes it significantly important.
