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A roundup of content and interviews dedicated to helping you awaken the leader within.
Grow Your Leadership Library with These "Friends of Leadology" Book Recommendations
As part of our ongoing efforts to provide valuable resources for leaders of all kinds, we've compiled a list of book recommendations from the "Friends of Leadology" network. These books cover a range of topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and personal growth - all of which are essential components of effective leadership development.
3 Ways Managers Can ShoW Gratitude to Their Teams on Employee Appreciation Day
With Employee Appreciation Day on March 1 this year, it's time for managers to think about how to recognize their team's hard work and dedication. But how can managers make the most out of Employee Appreciation Day and ensure their team feels valued and recognized? In this article, we'll explore three impactful ways managers can show appreciation and recognition to their teams, fostering a culture of recognition and engagement in the workplace
Help Employees Find Happiness at Work
Finding happiness at work has been a struggle for many of our readers. According to recent studies, new employees are experiencing lower levels of engagement and inclusion than ever before. If you’ve been feeling a bit disconnected at work lately, you're not alone.
In this article, Team Leadology breaks down what it means to be happy at work and how you can spot the employees who need a little help finding it! Read on to learn our simple solutions and take away an actionable strategy that actually works.
Don't Be a Feedback Scrooge this Holiday Season and Give the Gift of Feedback
The holiday season is a time for spreading joy and cheer. And what a better way to do that than by showing appreciation to your hard working team. Careful that the “busy-ness” of the season makes you forget about the importance of positive feedback. As a leader, it's crucial to remember that recognition is not just a once a year thing, but a year-round practice that fosters motivation and productivity. When you acknowledge the wins, improvements and resourcefulness of your employees, you create a culture of recognition.
Leadology’s Forbes features that will help you improve manager effectiveness at your company
Over the past decade, we've helped countless clients to reduce suffering at work and increase job satisfaction. Through our Leadology newsletter and blog, we've shared the insights and tools that can make a real difference in your professional and personal life. Now, we’re sharing our best advice as recently picked up by Forbes!
Going Without Recognition? Why You Should Expect Gratitude in the Workplace
With Thanksgiving already just around the corner, one thing is cutting through all of the noise of travel plans, meal preparations, and Black Friday shopping: gratitude.
While this time of year offers frequent reminders to express our thanks to the most important people in our lives, we recognize that the workplace is an area in which we aren’t always eager to show the same amount of love. In this article, Team Leadology weighs in on why providing recognition to your employees is so crucial, and just how to go about it!
3 Pitfalls You Should Avoid in the Workplace: Manager Edition
Before we dive into the 3 pitfalls you or your managers might be making and should avoid in the workplace, let’s discuss how to recognize whether managers are falling into these habits and why that’s a problem.
We’re hearing managers express that they are shying away from tough conversations, canceling meetings to give back time to their teams, and taking on more in an effort to help manage their employees' workload. These are only a few of the many examples that our managers are currently dealing with on a daily basis.
Tips for Managing an Employee Who Always Makes Excuses
If you’ve engaged with our socials over the past few weeks, you know that we’ve been simmering on the topic of manager effectiveness–– namely, how it’s changed over the years and what it now looks like for workplace leaders in 2023. We even had the opportunity to hear from a greater portion of our community through a recent Instagram poll, where managers from all over shared their insight and experiences on the subject, particularly when faced with managing employees who are prone to making excuses about their work.
3 Tell-Tale Signs Your Employees Are Suffering From Burnout
According to the World Health Organization, burnout is characterized by three persisting symptoms: exhaustion, increased mental distance from one’s job, and reduced professional efficacy.
While we may pass these things off as fairly common, Gallup research states that, when left untreated, these symptoms have the potential to make severely burned-out workers 63% more likely to take a sick day, and 23% more likely to visit the emergency room.
The sheer prevalence of burnout in the workplace may actually be contributing to its inconspicuousness and, to some extent, normalization. But the truth of the matter is that burnout is an occupational phenomenon, not a medical condition–– meaning, at the end of the day, it can absolutely be prevented with the cultivation of personal work-life balance and the prioritization of wellbeing in company culture.
Is This the Key to Improving Mental Health in the Workplace?
Across the globe, a growing number of companies are reporting rising levels of burnout and mental health issues in the workplace, despite taking intentional steps to provide mental health resources and support. While these offerings are incredibly important when it comes to supporting employee wellbeing, they don’t always address the root of the issue– and in some cases, the issue lies with lackluster management.
How to Foster a Culture of Holistic Wellbeing In Your Organization
When our employees' wellbeing suffers, so does the organization at large. While we can imagine what this looks like in the workplace on a practical level, do we understand the true cost of poor wellbeing? Gallup states when compounded over time, burnout has led to a startling $322 billion of turnover and lost productivity costs globally. In this article, Team Leadology breaks down what a culture of wellbeing looks like in the workplace, and how to approach that in your organization.
How This Statistic on Job Hopping Will Make Professional Development a Priority in Your Company
New year, new career? According to Monster.com, job hopping potential in 2023 has given employees cause to start searching for higher pay, less toxicity in the workplace, and growth opportunities. In this article, Leadology leans into professional development and workplace training to help retain those superstar employees.
3 Powerful Feedback Conversation Tips to Maintain Supportive Relationships in the Workplace
Did you know that one of my absolute favorite parts of our Activate program is getting to actually practice the concepts we teach? While it’s great to have management insight in your back pocket, it’s a completely different experience to actually put it to work.
How to Keep a Growth Mindset about Negative Feedback in the Workplace
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that workplace leaders are human too, and not immune to giving teams badly communicated– or altogether negative– feedback. If you’ve ever found yourself in a position where you’re receiving poor feedback or feedback that you disagree with, it’s important to keep a growth mindset and ask yourself: what can I still learn from this?
How to have effective meetings, so you can stop canceling your 1:1s
In theory, 1:1 meetings are a chance for managers and employees to have an open, honest conversation about how they’re feeling, and how they view their positions within the company. If used correctly 1:1s can be one of the single most important tools a manager has at their disposal to help boost the performance and morale of their team.
Can I Give You Some Feedback? *Cue Stomach Drop*
What comes to mind when you think of the word feedback?
For many of the leaders I coach it’s something along the lines of dread.
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