Designing your office right is a vital part of creating a well-functioning business. To help you get it right from the outset, we talk you through some workspace design tips for your office. Designing around a theme One of the more important things that you should consider before even beginning to design your office is…

Who doesn’t want good managers to succeed? That is a desire of all leaders who promote good employees into management positions, but what is evident in many cases is that these high-performing employees are sometimes thrust into management positions with no training. They are expected to “flip the script” and go from “me to we,”…

Positive attitude means conveying optimism, generosity, support, and enthusiasm in your expressions, gestures, words, and tone. There is no doubt employee attitudes affect productivity, quality of work, and morale; collegiality, cooperation, and cohesion; and employee development and retention. Good employee attitudes drive positive results. Bad employee attitudes put a drag on results. That’s a fact…

Quick. What do you think of when someone says performance management? The common response is, “Appraisal.” And tagging along is the specter of ratings, pay decisions, and the angst associated with the uncertainties of boss-subordinate feedback. In short, performance management is viewed as a human resource or personnel process. Yes, goals are part of the…