Articles
Series: White Papers and Research
Supervisors' Value Priorities: What This Means for Leadership
There are many ways organizations select managers.
Leadership Tip of the Week: "I Versus We"
As a leader, use “I” to take the blame and “we” to take praise.
Those Who Trust Their Leaders Follow Their Leaders: Part One
Learn why it is so important for your team to trust you.
Lessons Learned
Keep track of the lessons you learn throughout life. They will be of great service to your growth.
The Power and Pitfalls of Social Media
Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter provide leaders an opportunity to voice opinions and motivate followers. Meanwhile, this opportunity does not come without a cost.
Playing Favorites: A Study of Perceived Workplace Favoritism
In the once-popular NBC prime-time sitcom Friends, there is an episode where Rachel decides to take up smoking in an attempt to make inroads with her boss, because her colleague who takes smoke breaks gets more opportunities to talk with her boss, which ultimately leads to her suggestions being accepted over Rachel’s. In this case, Rachel is a victim of workplace favoritism, and she takes a comical approach to ingratiate herself with her boss.
Are Today's Young Workers Different from Their Parents?
The American workforce is facing a major shift in its composition. According to a report by the Pew Research Center1, millennials, at 35 percent of the workforce, are now the dominant generation in the American workplace. This trend will become even more extreme as most baby boomers, 29 percent of the American labor market, are set to retire within the next decade.