Articles
What Employers are Looking for in Your Resume
August 22, 2011
15 to 30 seconds. That’s all the amount of time an employer needs to know if you’re in line for an interview or not. Hundreds of resumes go in and out of businesses every year, let’s make sure your next resume stays on that desk. 15 to 30 seconds is not a lot of time to impress an employer, that’s...
How to Deal with a Poor Performer
August 22, 2011
Tags: Coaching, Team Building
All employees have the occasional bad day, I know I have and I’m sure you have too. But there is a difference between an occasional bad day and when an employee consistently performs poorly. A team is like a set of dominoes all lined up, if one domino falls, they all fall. In a team, if one person...
Beyond the Suggestion Box: Six Idea Producing Activities
July 25, 2011
Tags: Coaching, Team Building
We’ve all seen the many suggestion boxes of a company in the corner, covered with dust and graffiti and sometimes the odd piece of gum stuck to the side of it. Come on, it doesn’t require that much thinking, they’re everywhere! Let’s face it, suggestion boxes are useless unless opened and responded...
Ignite Your Team's Creative Spark
July 25, 2011
Tags: Coaching, Team Building
Right off the bat, tell me what your definition of creativity is?
The funny thing is, creativity has no set definition. It can mean a variety of things to a variety of people. When I say, “Let’s get this team using some creativity”, we are left in the dark. Does it mean pull out a paintbrush and...
The funny thing is, creativity has no set definition. It can mean a variety of things to a variety of people. When I say, “Let’s get this team using some creativity”, we are left in the dark. Does it mean pull out a paintbrush and...
Luck of a Leader
June 27, 2011
Tags: Leadership, Personal Growth
Are you trustworthy? Enthusiastic? Confident? Relaxed? Ambitious? Do you have the ability to think outside of the box? If so, you are on a path to be an exceptional leader in your life, whether it is at work or your personal life. People like you, they have faith in you with your composite of great...