Level Up Leadership
Considering that thousands of people around the globe have been working from home the past few months, it’s safe to say that many of us have participated in a virtual meeting or two. Virtual meetings are a great way to stay connected to your employees and coworkers, especially throughout these uncertain times. We are all…
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and now more than ever is it important to check in on your own personal mental health, as well as the mental health of your employees. Addressing mental health issues in the workplace can increase employee retention and productivity, and there are certain things that you, as a leader,…
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Not everyone has to be best friends at your workplace, but the better people get along with each other, and – perhaps even more importantly – the more people respect each other, the better your office will function. Employee satisfaction is a multi-faceted beast. It involves satisfaction from the work itself, satisfaction from the effect…
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There are plenty of things that you can do as a manager to get more out of your employees, but many of those options can end up being demotivating and ultimately counterproductive. For example, being more available to your team could help foster productivity, but if “leadership” crosses over to “micromanagement,” that’s going to destroy…
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In a perfect world, every employee would be completely self-motivated, able to set their own goals, and able to achieve their highest potential without any outside guidance. Unfortunately, that’s not the world we live in. In our current workplace culture, employees generally both want and need their bosses to be more akin to coaches –…
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At this point, we’ve all heard the statistics about employee engagement and how engagement relates to motivation, productivity, loyalty, and profits. But for anyone who hasn’t heard, here are a few highlights: Highly engaged teams are, on average, 21% more profitable.Highly engaged teams have 59% less turnover.Employees who feel that their voices are heard are…
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Celebrating work victories is an essential part of remembering why you do the work you do, and staying motivated. Team celebrations help remind everyone that each team member has something important to contribute, and just how much that work is appreciated. Of course, not every little victory can be celebrated in equal measure. If you…
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The health benefits of gratitude are well documented by a wide variety of studies. Focusing on negativity negatively (no surprise here) hurts your health, discourages healing, and can isolate you emotionally.A positive outlook, on the other hand, can help you live a fuller life with more confidence and greater joy. Here are just a few…
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As a manager, you may not feel like helping employees grow is one of your top priorities, but it should be. When employees grow, so does productivity and creativity, and thus, so grows the business. It may seem counter-intuitive: How does putting time and resources into employees when that time and energy could be going…
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Giving thanks to employees isn’t just a nice thing to do – it could be the thing that completely turns around your office culture and makes your company healthier, happier, and more lucrative. Robert Emmons is a professor of psychology at UC Davis, and he has been researching gratitude and its effects for a long…
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