The average full-time employee in America spends roughly 50 to 70% of their waking hours each week at work or doing work-related activities. This includes preparing for meetings, practicing presentations, getting ready for work, commuting to the office, managing the mental load, and more. Because of...
Developing your employees is an essential part of retaining them, though it is not the determining factor for what will make them stay. The organization’s culture can either make or break an employee’s experience there, which is why it is so important to build the kind of culture that people actuall...
Bamboo is one of nature’s strongest materials. Even as a part of the grass family, its strength rivals, and at times outranks, many man-made materials, including mild steel. One of bamboo’s unique properties is its flexibility. Bamboo can bend in the wind, absorb heavy shockwaves, like from an earth...
We often are so focused on getting things just right that we can forget about getting started. There’s this pressure to have everything figured out before we even begin, whether it’s starting on a new project, making a career change, or adjusting the company’s marketing strategy. But the idea of hav...
Most leaders get to where they are because they are top performers, and as such, it can be difficult to not step in when their team is struggling. Leaders act as guides for their team, but there is a fine line between helping them and over-helping them, thus hindering the team’s ability to learn and...
Like most things in life, there is not an overnight hack for becoming an effective leader, especially when it comes to connecting with and influencing others. With how fast-paced society has become, the shortening of attention spans, and the need for instant gratification, people struggle to commit ...
Most people have heard the phrase, “Fake it till you make it,” but how often do we hear people talking about building confidence through competence? It’s not a new concept, but it does require more work than simply acting “as if” you are where you want to be, even if you’re still on the journey. Fak...
Having the freedom to make your own choices does not mean that you are free from the consequences. In fact, you have the responsibility to take ownership of the outcomes that are a direct result of the choices you make. Acknowledging that you could have done something differently to achieve a differ...
The end of the year is a time of reflection, where we look back at what we have learned, what we need to improve upon, and what we have done well. We plan ahead for the upcoming year based on the results we have gotten this year, but we must remember to look at the full year and not just the most re...
Whether you are the smartest person in the room, you are in a position of power, you have influence over your peers, or you just have an air of confidence, I can assure you that your ego is not an effective strategy for a successful life. Having an ego, which is a person’s sense of self-esteem or se...
As humans, we are prone to making mistakes, and that can be very frustrating for ourselves and those around us. There are a number of reasons why a mistake can happen, but we can always learn from the situation and use it to our advantage. This shift in thinking about mistakes as learning opportunit...
We tend to invest in a lot of things in life, like friendships, professional relationships, housing, travel, hobbies, and more, but the greatest investment we will ever make is in ourselves. We are our own greatest asset, and the sooner we realize and accept that, the better off we will be. Whether ...
