Productive Leaders
5 Things People with High Emotional Intelligence Do Not Do When Handling Criticism Nobody likes to be criticized. We all want to be smart, funny, and clever. It hurts to be called out, whether it is for a mistake, a flaw, or a weakness. After all, you do your...
How Giving Projects Reduce Stress and Increase Happiness During the Holidays There is more to do during the holiday season, and that can increase stress. Many people have expectations that their own holidays should imitate Hallmark channel movies. That is not...
6 Strategies for Dealing with Criticism from Your Family Sometimes your most brutal critics can be the people you love the most. Your parent, siblings, spouse, children—you know, the people who should be supporting you. Instead, you get unvarnished, unsweetened...
5 Tips to Help you Take Feedback the Right Way I have a friend who is really sensitive to any kind criticism or feedback. She gets defensive and mad, and she reacts by attacking the other person. As a result, she has “trained” the people around her not to give...
Is Remote Work Really Here to Stay? Yes. Probably. Maybe. Leaders, managers, and team members are still struggling with the idea of remote work and how to make employees successful. Various groups are collecting statistics on remote work. While we know there...
5 Ways to Identify Your Understudy What would happen if the most important person in your company left tomorrow? It will happen, either unexpectedly or through foreseen circumstances such as retirement. If that person is you, then you would probably hope that you...
How To Attract and Recruit Top TalentI have a program for corporations and associations called A.R.M.E.D. – How to Attract, Recruit, Mentor, Evolve, and Develop the Next Generation of Leaders.U.S. unemployment levels are at record lows, around 4%, and I expect that...
It is a 3 day weekend, and in most areas, it is too cold to BBQ. It reminds me of Man Food Casserole, which I learned from an early boyfriend, and have yet to find a man who doesn’t like it. Warning: Not the healthiest meal on the planet, but pretty tasty, and really easy…
The shut down of the state of Minnesota on the Fourth of July is a communications and a leadership failure. While I agree that disputes over raising taxes is serious and is worthy of critical discussions, shutting down national and local parks, libraries, and…