Comparing Yourself to Others

Posted July 9, 2016 & filed under Leadership, Social Media, Workplace Stress.

Comparing yourself to others is a very powerful mental affliction. When we are children, we compare ourselves to others as a way of discovering “who I am,” using others as references. However, as adults, when we compare ourselves to others, it is usually to evaluate ourselves as “worse than” or “better than” or “equal to”… Read more »

Effective Performance Review Can Help Retain Employees

Posted July 8, 2016 & filed under Career Review, Leadership, Planning.

I get a lot of requests to speak on how to recruit and retain employees in this era of low unemployment. There are a lot of creative things companies can do. But one of the smartest strategies is right under managers’ noses, and many companies ignore it or under emphasize it. That strategy is to… Read more »