by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 8, 2019 | Leadership, Team Building, Workplace Culture
Navigating the relationship between leadership and productivity can be tricky sometimes. On the one hand, great leaders can’t make their people more productive—and attempting to do so can often backfire. At the same time, real leadership should manifest in a team...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 4, 2019 | Leadership, Personal Development
All of us want to matter. All of us want to make a difference. I think that’s just part of human nature. So, here’s a question for team leaders: Do you matter? Does your leadership have a real impact? If an employee goes to work elsewhere, will they still remember...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 1, 2019 | Human Resources, Leadership, Management Skills, Workplace Culture
ADP, one of the world’s top human resources software companies, recently conducted an employee engagement survey. The results are, to put it bluntly, pretty grim. But there is also some valuable insight to be gleaned from them. According to ADP, only about 16...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 24, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Personal Development
Following years in corporate America, you decide you’re ready to work for yourself. So, you start a business. You hustle. You learn as you go. You do good work. Your business booms! Pretty soon, you can’t keep up with all of the demands, so you hire someone. And...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 3, 2019 | Hiring and Retention, Human Resources, Leadership, Personal Development, Workplace Culture
You hear an awful lot about employee engagement these days; what it is, why it matters, how you measure it, and so on. Here’s one aspect of employee engagement that’s probably not emphasized enough: It just comes down to the way you treat people. So, for...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | May 30, 2019 | Human Resources, Leadership, Productivity
Thanks to digital technology, it’s never been easier to work from anywhere. You want to take a day to just get out of the office, maybe cross some tasks off your to-do list from home, from the airport, or from a favorite coffee shop? You can do it, and you can still...