Are Jerks Good for Business?

This is a question I revisit now and then. High profile entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs are, by all accounts, perceived as assholes. Steve Jobs was, and Elon Musk is. Hard to argue with that. For the Elon fan club out there,

Smart companies are incorporating financial education in the form of personal coaching on budgeting, tax prep, and other online tools to reduce stress and improve retention rates.

Employees under 30 are more likely to leave your company, and some just won't show up one day and never come back — aka "ghosting.”

The crushing weight of student loans, ever-increasing rent and home prices, competition for “good” jobs and other factors have made them less optimistic. While they still think their dreams are achievable, the timeline has certainly gotten a bit longer.

If you want to keep your new hires and improve their soft skills, you need to invest in training.  

Gen Z’s entering the professional workplaces are educated, book smart, eager, and capable – and yet it seems like they entirely lack a certain skillset: critical thinking. 

There is a tiny, tiny percent of exceptional managers out there, but every one of them have the same thing in common.

Shazam. Presto. Now you see it, now you don’t. Millennials are the new Master Magicians that will make these 5 things disappear. Every generation changes things, but Millennials are changing everything.

Helicopter parents, Jellyfish parents, and now Snowplow parents. Answer these 5 questions to figure out if you match Snowplow status.

Step up leaders—now it’s time to for you understand their perspective and grow this next generation of workers.

One of the most helpful things a manager can do for their Millennial team members is to emphasize the link between the Millennial’s job or tasks they do with the overall purpose of the company or organization.

If you want your employees to be effective in their job, you need to make sure they’re engaged at work.

Dealing with difficult situations and difficult people is a soft skill and soft skills can be taught.

Millennials are accused of killing banks, breakfast cereals, and bars of soap. As they take on leadership roles in companies, how can they keep the workplace humming and thriving in the new gig economy?

This is the time of year when we are consumed with consumerism. When boxes, packages and bags pile up. Stuff and more stuff. So much stuff that it creeps into the unconscious. How do we declutter, make space, feel like we are really making a difference, and give with gratitude?

EQ (emotional quotient or emotional intelligence) is essentially the ability to show ‘soft’ skills, or ‘people’ skills in the workplace. It may be a better predictor of workplace success than IQ.

The reason for high Millennial turnover is simple: bad management. Listed here are four reasons high-potential Millennials say they are leaving their job and ways you as a manager (and coach) can counteract these.

Giving criticism is never easy, but when you manage Millennials (and especially Second-Wave Millennials), your criticism could either improve their performance or it can causes them to quit.

We have a unique opportunity to guide our next generation of leaders who will inevitably face unprecedented challenges in the future. This book is a little window into the challenges and opportunities, played out in a workplace setting.

Life throws curve balls, and soft skills help you navigate them. In the workplace, it is said that hard skills get you hired, but soft skills get you fired.