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IQ and EQ are familiar concepts to most people, but there’s a new Q in town: AQ – otherwise known as Adaptability Quotient. According to scientists, it’s becoming the X-factor for career success and can be developed over time.

Adaptability is defined as the quality of being able […]

People ask me all the time, “What is the No. 1 thing managers can do to catapult employee engagement?”  My response?  “Recognition is the jet fuel behind employee engagement.”

However, one of the biggest mistakes organizations make is they expect managers to do certain things to be a good […]

We’ve all been there. The dreaded meeting that lacks a diligent start and stop time, leader, agenda, organization, and outcomes. Layer on top of that the fact that you may be on Zoom for the tenth time today and it can be downright unbearable. It’s more than […]

According to the Harvard Business Review (HBR), the negative label sometimes given to Generation X – slackers – may be holding them back in the workplace. New data reveals they are being overlooked for promotions at higher rates than employees from other generations.

Gen Xers follow the Baby […]

I read a great article by Richard Moran, CEO of Frost & Sullivan, titled: The Worst Workplace Label: Unresponsive. Moran says, “Lots of words come to mind when describing bad traits that show up at work, such as sloppy, lazy, and clueless, but one descriptor is even […]

I read an article by Travis Bradberry, co-author of the best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, in which he lays out common mistakes that organizations make that cause good people to quit.

While some rules are necessary, some are not. According to Bradberry, rules tend to exist to halt […]

Many people are wrapping up vacations this week and heading back to work for one of the busiest periods for organizations: Q4. Although you may think that your post-vacation vibes will carry you through the end of 2021, they won’t. Two-thirds of respondents to a 2018 American […]

I read a fascinating article on the Ladders $100K+ Club website, which states that the employees you should worry about losing are the average ones – the large group of ‘middle’ employees, or Average Achievers. Most work groups consist of a handful of high performers, many […]

A MSN.com poll asked the question, “Would you choose the same career if you could do it over again?”  Believe it or not, 70 percent of respondents said, “No.” As someone who lives, eats, and breathes employee engagement, I can’t help but wonder what impact this has […]