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As a social worker I am frequently promoting self-care. As a management consultant I am frequently promoting professional development. Today I want to talk to you about them both. Self-care is what you do for yourself to ensure that you are healthy, prepared, and productive as a professional. Self-care means treating yourself well […]
I have accomplished and achieved awesome things in my life, including building the career I dreamed about as a high school senior. As I prepared for high school graduation, I was unsure whether to pursue a social work or a teaching career. I have been blessed to have been able to dedicate myself to […]
A manager is tasked with establishing priorities and performance standards and goals. In order to achieve required results, managers must be sure to set their team members up for success through proper orientation, training, support, encouragement, and coaching. A strong team comprised of competent, confident employees performs well when their supervisor is onsite […]
What does it take to become a Marvelous Manager and a Successful Supervisor? A manager is an employee who has been assigned specific duties and responsibilities to lead tasks, departments, and/or employees. Managers have diverse duties and job responsibilities for people and functions which can vary from company to company. Business Dictionary defines […]
When I talk to professionals and managers about the reasons they don’t work with interns or their fears about working with interns the same major themes emerge. Many people fear that interns will not show up to work or will not be committed to the work because they feel it isn’t a “real” job. […]
Paying Interns Is a Good Investment In the Future of Your Business By Heidy Rehman, Guest Writer, Entrepreneur Magazine Unpaid internships exclude talented people who can’t afford to work for free, which is most people. Why paying interns makes good business sense No one wants to work for free, yet it seems to be the […]
Too Much Team Harmony Can Kill Creativity By Darko Lovric and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic William Wrigley Jr., the American chewing gum tycoon, once noted that business is built by men who disagree, and that “When two men always agree, one of them is unnecessary.” Indeed, not just in business but also in politics, sports, […]
How to Manage an Employee Who’s Having a Personal Crisis by Carolyn O’Hara We all have life events that distract us from work from time to time — an ailing family member, a divorce, the death of a friend. You can’t expect someone to be at their best at such times. But as a […]
Summer doesn’t officially begin for me until I hear the song ‘Summer Time’ by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince. Although I couldn’t wait to visit a theme park for a roller coaster ride, my fondest summer childhood memories were my annual trips to North Carolina during Labor Day. Most of us […]