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No More Monkey Business in the Workplace!

No More Monkey Business in the Workplace! Time is one of our most precious gifts, and in the workplace, it seems like there is never enough of it. Looking back on the classic organizational development article Management Time: Who’s got the monkey by Donald L. Wass and William Oncken, which first debuted in the Harvard Business Review in 1974. It is a best seller and continues to be living legend in fields of leadership and organizational development. The ideas presented are timeless and if

Resumes 2017: The New Normal

Resumes 2017: The New Normal  Guess what? We are back to the one-page resume. After almost two decades of the functional resume and the resumes that include the last ten years of experience, we have reverted to where we started but with a twist. Get excited because resumes in 2017 are fun and truly show off your personality. So what are the ground rules? 1. One page preferred, two pages tops 2. Your name in large font size 3. Include relevant(less than ten yrs)/recent work experience 4.

Emotional Intelligence: What Is And How You Can Get Some!

Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence (EI) has garnered much fame over the last decade. But is it vital? Yup, it is. EI is the ability to identify emotions, manage emotions, and apply them to decision making. Hmmm, shouldn't we take emotions out of decision making? To be honest, it depends on the situation. But 9 out of 10 times EI is always a good skill to have. Most people with high EI are your "self-aware" managers, change agents, and charismatic leaders. They use EI to relate and

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along- 10 Ways to Improve Team Dynamics

Group dynamics, a fancy way of saying “good ‘ole teamwork.” What is group dynamics? Essentially it is how your group interacts with each other. Group dynamics is slightly predictable. Why? Let’s break this down for a minute of the typical characters that arise in just about every group. The Leader- Normally, in a group setting you have at least one leader. I like to call them “The Know it All” or the Tony Romo of the group. The one who takes opportunity after opportunity to take control but