The Value of Peer Feedback
Most managers understand that providing regular developmental feedback to direct reports is an important hallmark of effective leadership. But if you’re not also encouraging peer-to-peer feedback, your organization is missing valuable insights that can boost collaboration and productivity. The Challenges of Peer-to-Peer Feedback Feedback between a manager and a direct report can sometimes feel awkward. […]
Four Reasons You Need an Executive Coach
Benefits of Coaching After years of paying your dues, climbing the corporate ladder, and volunteering for every opportunity (or challenge) that came your way, you’ve finally made it to the C-Suite. Congratulations! It’s time to roll up your sleeves and tackle your increased responsibilities as a newly minted executive. Some people might hint that you’d […]
The Love/Hate Relationship With Workplace Feedback
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we’re talking about one of the most emotionally complex areas of work: everyone’s love-hate relationship with workplace feedback. “Dear constructive criticism…” As a leader, you may have heard the phrase “feedback is a gift.” But it may be that it feels better to give feedback at work than to […]
Who Should You Promote? 3 Keys to a Better Decision
You’ve got a team with a lot of bench strength. Several employees can do their job well, with minimal oversight. They’re hardworking, get along well with others, and seem ready for the next challenge. So when a leadership position opens up, how do you know who you should promote? Here are 3 considerations to help […]
How Do You Deal With High Employee Turnover?
It’s true that you can’t make all of the people happy all of the time. But when your employees are more focused on where they’ll jump next than on the current job at hand, you might have an issue with employee turnover. Why Does Employee Turnover Matter? You may think that a constant influx of […]
Peer Perspective Can Predict an Executive’s Success
In most instances, predicting an executive’s success is as difficult as it is necessary. Each tool, while providing some value, ends up being imperfect: Business metrics from past projects or positions are the easiest to obtain, but they only give a retrospective picture — and an incomplete one at that. Manager evaluations can provide a […]