Distract the Distractive Critic in the workplace

One of the most frustrating experiences at work is having a boss or coworker who gives negative critical comment regarding your work. When there is a consistent barrage of negative criticism, it negatively impacts your self-esteem, feelings, and performance of your day-to-day task. As a matter of fact, it is somewhat common for those that are placed under daily destructive criticism to encounter clinical depression. … More Distract the Distractive Critic in the workplace

What are some practical steps that leaders can take to empower their team or employees and develop a high-performance workplace?

    The practical steps to increase employee empowerment often involve organizational programs as well as the individual leader’s actions with direct subordinates. A variety of different empowerment programs have been used, including self-managed teams, democratic structures and processes, and employee ownership of the company. A leader could follow the more detailed practical guidelines and … More What are some practical steps that leaders can take to empower their team or employees and develop a high-performance workplace?

How to defeat the grasshopper and elephant mentality in the workplace and in life?

The individual sees themselves as not having the ability to fit in with peers or able to leverage newer technologies. … More How to defeat the grasshopper and elephant mentality in the workplace and in life?

Ghosting in the workplace

When I first heard the term ghosting, I related it to ghosts in a haunted house or scary events at Halloween or heaven forbid, I got lost in a field on the way home and was at the mercy of some supernatural being. However, on researching this term in greater depth, I found it also … More Ghosting in the workplace

Don’t self-sabotage your own success (you have the seeds of greatness) in you!

      What holds you back? What is keeping you from reaching your goals? So many of us are so close to having that breakthrough, but we self-sabotage the path that breaks a success. Perhaps fear rips our consciousness in a new relationship; we think of our self-worth as undervalued and marginalize our abilities. … More Don’t self-sabotage your own success (you have the seeds of greatness) in you!