Level Up Leadership
Recognizing and celebrating our differences in the workplace isn’t just a good idea – it’s good business. That’s because being able to recognize each other’s strengths and vulnerabilities and each other’s differing perspectives is an essential part of being able to manage effectively. Here are four reasons why: We all have blind spots. Everybody is…
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Pre-hire employee assessments are an incredibly helpful tool for business owners. New hire assessments make it easier for employers to get a real sense of just how effective a new person might be within their company. Take a look at these three important ways that new hire assessments make the hiring process easier, more cost-effective,…
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A report by Viatech Global has found that 80% of all Fortune 500 companies rely on new hire assessments. Hiring assessments make it possible to sort through the sometimes thousands of people who apply for a single job. It used to be that you took out an ad in the paper or posted a “help…
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Employees who show initiative are much more likely to become leaders within your organization. Initiative is a key component of employee engagement, which is essential to creating business value. Without strong employee initiative, your company is likely to be stuck in the mud with no clear path for moving forward. In fact, studies have shown…
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The global economy is on the rise, and as a result many businesses are looking to hire new employees in 2015. As your business begins the process of searching out the best and the brightest new recruits, take a moment to consider the effects that new hires can have on your business. In general, bringing…
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In an episode of Sex and the City, Carrie goes to a house party and is asked to remove her shoes. As any fan of the show knows, Carrie really likes her shoes, so much so that being asked to take them off is almost grounds for her to leave the party all together. Imagine…
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Building a stronger team is a top priority for virtually every manager, regardless of industry. Strong, cohesive teams that understand how individual team members work tend to produce better products, helping their companies excel. In many ways, a team is a microcosm of the company. Each person brings their own expertise and the overlap should…
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In his book, Managing Differences: How to Build Better Relationships at Work and Home, author Daniel Dana shared a fascinating statistic. Dana found that 60-80% of all difficulties in organizations arise from strained relationships between employees. In other words, most problems don’t come about due to an under-skilled employee or an employee’s lack of motivation,…
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Countless books exhort leadership skills in the workplace. They go on and on about different styles of leadership, the key qualities of a leader, and steps to becoming a better leader. All these books can be useful tools, but at the end of the day, the most valuable knowledge you can have about leadership is…
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If you follow tech news at all, you’ve probably noticed that a lot of the most successful, innovative startups of the last ten years have been started by ex-Googlers. Google clearly has a plethora of extremely talented people working for them, but can you even imagine how much bigger and more innovative Google could be…
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