One of the best treatises on working from your strengths is Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton. Their simple but powerful thesis is: the best way to break the barriers in your career and be satisfied in your job is
Is your executive leadership team wondering how to increase workplace productivity? There is growing research that giving and happiness is related to productivity in the workplace. When people give generously of their time or personal resources, they experience personal satisfaction and calm plus a
Do managers or employees hate performance reviews worse? Has the performance review become a routine time waster? Are your performance reviews missing the mark of raising productivity and building loyalty? Do your performance reviews usually turn out negative? Would you like to improve the
Napoleon Hill, one of the world’s first authors on personal success, said “The ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.” Wow! As charismatic leaders, what does this mean? There are many techniques, but the one I would
Atlanta, Georgia (October, 2011) – Workplace Power Institute announced today that CEO, Karla Brandau, was chosen by the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) to be the chair of the Buckhead Geographical Emphasis Group (GEM) for 2012. Brandau will host eight meetings in 2012,
Atlanta, Georgia (August, 2011) – Karla Brandau, CEO of Workplace Power Institute, was chosen to deliver a keynote address at the LexisNexis Women’s Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in October. Brandau will speak on personal branding in a presentation entitled, Brand Me, Inc. The presentation
Has your organization been so focused on the bottom line and cost cutting that innovation has atrophied? Do creativity muscles need some heavy lifting to get them working again? Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman, IBM Corporation, stated in a recent publication from IBM entitled Capitalizing
Workplace Power Institute Presents 21st Century Employer/Employee Social Contract Debut Material at ASTD Conference in Orlando, Florida Atlanta, GA (May 12, 2011) Karla Brandau, CEO of Workplace Power Institute (WPI) will present new research on the 21st century employer/employee social contract at the American
Well, not in quite the way you think of “touchy feely”. Being overly emotional has never been the ‘in’ thing at work. However, what is now ‘in’ is the recognition that soft skills (tact, accepting feedback with grace, speaking respectively in meetings, listening to
…with Improved Time Management and Microsoft Outlook Skills Outlook on Steroids Intense Training Offered Atlanta, Georgia (January 11, 2012) Do you need to do more in less time? If so you are have something in common with millions of other people throughout the world.
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