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Red Flags in Interviews for Candidates and Interviewers

What are some common red flags in interviews? What should candidates and interviewers be on the lookout for during an interview? Interviews can be intimidating to sit down for. Candidates might be interviewing for a company they’ll spend years working at, and interviewers are making a major change by hiring a new employee. If either spots a red flag that seems concerning, they should take note and possibly take action. Below are major red flags in interviews that both candidates and interviewers shouldn’t ignore during the process.

The 3 Essential Leadership Skills for Managers

What’s the difference between a leader and a manager? Should managers bother to develop leadership skills? If so, which ones? Employee experience expert Russ Laraway laments the widespread problem of bad management. But, he has good news. He believes anyone can become a better manager by learning and practicing basic leadership skills: setting and reaching goals, coaching, and helping employees with career development. Continue reading to learn what Laraway thinks are essential leadership skills for managers.

How to Reach Leadership Potential by Doing Work You Love

How can you reach your full leadership potential? Do you love the work you do? In order to reach your full leadership potential, you must do work that you enjoy. The next parts of the journey include overcoming any fears of success and encouraging those around you to achieve their own goals. Continue reading to learn how to reach your full potential as a leader.

What Are Objectives and Key Results? Your Second-Tier Goals

What are Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)? How do they contribute to an organization’s mission? Employee experience expert Russ Laraway says that the first area of focus for an effective manager is setting clear goals for employees: Your workers should know exactly what’s expected of them and when. He lays out four tiers of goals that managers can set for their employees. The second tier is OKRs. Read more to learn what OKRs are and how they fit into the overall goals of an organization.

Your Business’s Long-Term Objectives & Its Ultimate Aspiration

How can every employee contribute to an organization’s objectives? Why is it important to set both short-term and long-term goals? In When They Win, You Win, employee experience expert Russ Laraway explains how you, as a manager, are responsible for helping your team contribute to your business’s goals. He divides these objectives into four tiers, starting with shorter-term goals and culminating in the company’s long-term goal. Read more to learn about a business’s long-term objectives and its ultimate aspiration—and how these complement each other.

4 Tiers of Managerial Goals: From To-Dos to the Ultimate Vision

Do you set goals for your team members? Do you help them set and reach their own objectives? Regardless of your managerial level, you have a duty to help your team set and reach their own goals as well as contribute to the overall objectives of your organization. In When They Win, You Win, Russ Laraway outlines four tiers of managerial goals and shares two ways to measure your effectiveness. Keep reading to learn how you can help your team set and reach goals that benefit the organization as a whole.

How to Coach Employees to Improve Performance & Build Trust

Do your employees regard you as approachable? What’s the best way to coach an underperforming team member? In his book When They Win, You Win, Russ Laraway contends that bad management is everywhere and that it’s causing enormous harm to employees and companies alike. He believes that managers should cultivate the skill of coaching to boost employee engagement and performance. Keep reading to learn how to coach employees with Laraway’s insights as an employee experience expert.

3 Career Conversations With Employees Every Manager Must Have

Do you know what your employees’ career goals are? Are you helping them reach those goals? If you’re a manager, career development should be an ongoing process with each of your team members. Employee experience expert Russ Laraway recommends having three career conversations with employees, each conversation with a specific focus. Continue reading to learn how to conduct these conversations and measure their effectiveness.

Manager Performance Survey: How to Rate What Truly Counts

Are you an effective manager? What would the people on your team say? What score would they give you? Employee engagement in the workforce is at an all-time low. Russ Laraway says the solution is better management. He argues that managers must focus on goals, coaching, and career development, and he says that employees should rate the manager’s effectiveness in each of these areas. Read more to get Laraway’s ideas for a manager performance survey that will help you know how you’re doing where it really counts.

The Unicorn Project: Book Overview (Gene Kim)

What is the book The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim about? How can employee autonomy make or break a company? In The Unicorn Project, Gene Kim presents a fictional case study of a business that falls behind its competitors because of its soul-crushing work conditions. The result is a band of rebellious employees to figure out a new, more productive way of working. Read below for a brief The Unicorn Project book overview to get the main ideas.