How to provide helpful feedback that is constructive

Helpful feedback that encourages anyone to grow and improve is appreciated. This is true in the workplace, in school and in our families. Imagine a situation where directness is prized above all else. As a result people deliver harsh or blunt feedback because they need to get on with other things. Now, imagine another situation […]

How Giving and Receiving Genuine Feedback Impacts Your Bottom Line

I was in the Board room that day. Board members reviewed the organization’s exit interview report because turnover was too high. Company sales were also stagnant with a falling performance line. The report findings, however, were illuminating. When asked why employees made the decision to leave, the most frequent response was lack of genuine feedback […]

How  Genuine Leaders Inspire Positive Work Culture

No one wants to wake up in the morning to go to a job they aren’t fond of. This is something that happens with just about any organization. In fact, 94 percent of executives and 88 percent of employees in a recent Deloitte Survey felt that it’s imperative to build a distinct positive work culture […]

Genuineness and Trust Build Strong Communication

As a leader and human being, you understand the importance of clear communication. It is not only an essential skill for success, but for basic survival as well. This is why genuineness and trust are so important. In the workplace, communication is constant and ongoing: through meetings, phone calls, instant messages, social media, emails and […]

Genuine Leaders Build Improved Team Productivity

 No matter the workplace, problems arise every now and again. Work culture plays a large role in how problems are resolved and how employees handle the situation. Those in positions of power set the tone for the rest of the organization.  The key to improved team productivity and improved problem-solving is genuineness. Genuine leaders who […]

Open Communication Builds Genuineness

You’ve heard it before. Open communication is one of the main conditions for a high performance workplace culture. Open communication builds Genuineness, the third of the six TIGERS® principles required for a high performance work groups.  The other five TIGERS principles are trust, interdependence, empathy, risk resolution and success.  If you aren’t embracing a culture […]

Improve Productivity by Focusing on Strengths and Genuineness

An engaged and productive workforce is an asset for organizational success. However, employee engagement is a complex system that includes many different components. One worth considering is as allowing team members to focus on using their strengths and their genuineness to achieve daily goals. According to Gallup research, employees who use their strengths on a […]

The Importance of Mindfulness in Leadership

Mindfulness. Emotional Intelligence.  Being positive. These are terms that describe leaders who are conscious of their inner workings and how their behavior affects the workplace. These are leaders who take self-reflective steps to become more effective. Two important aspects of leadership that are often overlooked include positive thinking and mindfulness. Two important aspects of leadership […]

TIGERS Success Series 2013 Employee Engagement Blog Recap

Here is the 3rd part of a 5 part series recapping the blogs and articles posted in 2013. The Employee Engagement blog recap is loaded with great information on both employee engagement and disengagement in the workplace.  But just what is employee engagement? By most definitions it is an employee’s level of involvement, emotional commitment, […]