If you haven’t noticed yet, younger employees approach work—and life—differently than many of their colleagues who are a bit (or a lot) older. What they value personally, their expectations for their career paths, and even how they want to be treated on a daily basis reflect a new generational...
Not all conflicts look the same. And sometimes we don’t even realize there is tension in the air until someone points it out to us. On the other hand, some individuals perceive friction when it doesn't really exist in the other person's mind.
This article lays out some of the common ways...
Let's be honest, sometimes we have a hard time appreciating some of our colleagues. The reality is some people are more difficult to work with than others.
Each workplace setting and group of employees is unique and sometimes there are challenges based on the structure of the industry, limited budgets, or the size of a work group that need special attention. Overseeing large teams is one of those unique circumstances.
A good manager pays attention to the needs of their team members. Generally speaking, we are most in tune with those who are similar to use – so it’s obviously easier for us to communicate appreciation and encouragement to others with primary and secondary languages of appreciation similar to...
Occasionally, communicating appreciation and encouragement to your colleagues can actually backfire and create more problems, as in these situations...
Gift giving, especially in work-based relationships, is largely becoming a thing of the past. Whether for a special work anniversary (for example, having worked at the company for five years), one’s birthday, or to show appreciation for one’s work, businesses and organizations used to give gifts...
Most of us don’t need new goals for the year. Really, we don’t.
But we do need to continue to progress toward our current goals (and, hopefully reach some of them). We also need to make some adjustments from the feedback we are receiving from “real life.”
In working with highly successful...
Volunteers can be both the easiest and hardest team members to encourage and show appreciation to. Here are some helpful tips from our Appreciation Toolkit.
A little-known fact? There’s actually a work equivalent to love languages. In 2007, Chapman partnered with psychologist and leadership trainer Paul E. White to write “The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.” In an interview with HuffPost, White said the pair’s goal was to encourage...
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