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This Psychological Quirk Explains Why Many Leaders Struggle To Compliment Their Employees

When Your Employees Are Remote, You Have To Stop The Butt-In-Seat Mentality

There's an insidious attitude permeating many companies; that when employees have their butts-in-their-seats, it means they're productive. But if you've ever seen studies on actual employee productivity, or if you've ever forced yourself to sit at your desk for eight straight hours, you know that having a butt-in-the-seat does not equal productivity.

Cognitive Dissonance

Resiliency Test: How Do You Respond To Adversity?

Resiliency is your ability to quickly bounce back from failure, adversity, rejection, etc. But how do you handle these situations? Take the Resiliency Test and find out...

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!

Types Of Power Quiz: Do You Use Referent Power, Reward Power, Coercive Power, Legitimate Power, Expert Power or Information Power?

Ambitious employees and aspiring leaders often ask “what are the various types of power?" and "how do I get more power?" Beginning in the late 1950s, psychologists John R. P. French and Bertram Raven famously identified 6 types of power: Referent Power, Reward Power, Coercive Power, Legitimate Power, Expert Power, and Information Power. Before we explore each type (and their pros and cons), take the quiz to see which types of power you tend to use most frequently!

These 18 Outlooks Explain Why Some Employees Are Happy At Work (And Others Are Miserable)

Autocratic Leadership: New Data Reveals Who Likes It

Video: Say These 7 Words When Employees Come To You With Problems

How should you respond when an employee brings you a problem? It sounds like a simple question, but most leaders are responding all wrong. However, if you respond the right way (with these simple 7 words that exemplify THE LEADER AS COACH) the research shows that your employees will be 12 times more likely to love their jobs!

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!