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If You Want To Be More Charismatic, Stop Saying This Word

If you want to be more charismatic, one of your primary tasks is to make the people listening to you feel absolutely terrific. Now ask yourself, to make the people around you feel great, "Should I talk more about myself or more about them?"

Posted by Mark Murphy on 23 February, 2023 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, sb_ad_6 | Read more →

Referent Power

Referent power is a type of social power that is obtained in a person over time because they have admirable qualities, attitudes, skills, and a solid reputation. A person with referent power has influence because they are admired, respected, or even idolized. Learn more and take the power quiz!
Posted by Mark Murphy on 14 February, 2023 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, sb_ad_6 | Read more →

Coercive Power

Coercive power is a type of threatening power.  Coercive power is, by definition, the ability of someone or some group to control or influence others through the use of threats, punishment, or physical force. Learn more and take the power quiz!
Posted by Mark Murphy on 06 February, 2023 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, sb_ad_6 | Read more →

The Peter Principle

The Peter Principle is a concept that was formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in the 1969 book The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.  It is a principle of organizational management that basically states that employees within a hierarchical organization tend to be promoted and promoted, until they reach the point where they no longer have the skills necessary for the role that they are assigned, and are no longer competent.
Posted by Mark Murphy on 06 February, 2023 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, sb_ad_6 | Read more →

Remote Employee Productivity Hack

The top remote employees (e.g., writers, creatives, freelancers, etc.) have long known the best way to be productive when working from home. And it's a technique that you need to teach your 'suddenly remote' employees now!

 

remote employee masterclass

 

 

 

Posted by Mark Murphy on 08 April, 2020 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_25, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, sb_ad_6, sb_ad_7, sb_ad_8, sb_ad_9, Video | Read more →

Video: How Smart CEOs Are Using Employee Engagement Surveys To Test Their Strategy

Employee engagement surveys will obviously help you improve employee engagement.  But the smartest CEOs we work with are also using engagement surveys to test their strategy and ensure that employees are bought-in and know exactly how to execute that strategy!  It's a radical, but incredibly effective, approach!  Watch the video to learn how it's done...

 

If you want to learn more about our award-winning employee engagement survey, and how we can build this 'strategy test' into your next survey, learn more here!

Posted by Mark Murphy on 24 September, 2019 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_25, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, sb_ad_6, sb_ad_7, sb_ad_8, sb_ad_9 | Read more →

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Helps Explain Why People Resist Hearing Constructive Criticism

Dan is a senior financial analyst and, in his mind, he’s the best one on the team. But according to his boss, while it’s true that Dan’s financial skills are very good, his emotional intelligence is virtually nonexistent. And Dan’s coworkers would describe him as smart but also narcissistic, abrasive and tone-deaf.
Dan could really benefit from constructive feedback to get his people skills closer to the level of his financial skills.