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Traits That Make A Leader Authentic And Respected
We've talked before about how critical it is to be viewed as an authentic leader and wanted to share additional thoughts.
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PeopleTek News, Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
Why One-On-One Chats Matter More Than You Think
How do you feel when you hold one on one 'chats' with your direct reports? We're not talking about formal feedback sessions or performance evaluations, but rather monthly sessions to keep in touch and build relationships.
more → PeopleTek News, Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
How To Handle Uncomfortable Conversations At Work Without Losing Respect
As leaders, it's not unusual for us to have the need to conduct uncomfortable conversations. Examples include missed deliverables, lack of quality, conflict between colleagues, complaints from clients, and the list goes on.
more → PeopleTek News, Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
12 Steps For Courageous Leadership Recap
CourageAbility - The ability to live your dreams and professional life the way you desire, while achieving your goals and exceeding in your ambitions and objectives. It is taking and empowering yourself and others to go where you or they have never gone before!
more → PeopleTek News, Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
Key Employee Motivators: How Leaders Can Boost Engagement
World Governments Summit 2025 Report, in Collaboration with Gallup, utilized results from surveys conducted in 52 countries and revealed the top four needs that workers desired from their leaders.
more → PeopleTek News, Thursday, March 27th, 2025
Meaningful Meetings: How To Make Every Minute Count
So much of our workday is spent attending meetings, but is our time well spent?
more → PeopleTek News, Friday, March 21st, 2025
What Truly Motivates Employees (And How Leaders Can Help)
Have you ever questioned the belief that self-motivation is what primarily drives people towards achieving success? We do believe it's a major factor, but we also believe that as leaders we have opportunities to be influential and play a large role.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, March 3rd, 2025
The Downside Of Perfectionism: Why Striving For Perfect Can Hold You Back
We believe we all strive to be perfect, and that seems to be a good thing, until it isn't.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, February 24th, 2025
How To Give Effective Feedback For Growth And Success
Providing (and receiving feedback) is critical for organizational success and personal and professional growth, and it also builds trusting relationships.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, February 17th, 2025
Work-Life Balance: Why Life Is About More Than Just Work
Do you sometimes feel consumed with work? Do your professional and personal hours seem to blend together and your workday doesn't have an end time?
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, February 10th, 2025
Certified Professional Leader Of Business Relationships
THE CPBLR. The only credential that attests to your mastery of the most complex and powerful work trait of all: effective people skills. It's a passport that distinguishes you in a competitive environment.
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PeopleTek News, Friday, February 7th, 2025
The Executive Leadership Journey
A C-level readiness experience. An intense journey of discovery and understanding of key dimensions involved into being an executive.
more → PeopleTek News, Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
Achieve Success In 2025 With Implementation & Healthy Feedback Strategies
PeopleTek, just like every other business and organization, wants 2025 to be successful. To get started we've revisited our vision and mission statements, and created a key word and one behavior to focus on that will help us gain traction.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, January 20th, 2025
How Legitimate Leadership Builds Trust And Lasting Relationships
Would you say your leadership style is viewed as trusting, competent, and one that is influential? If yes, Nitkin Nohria would consider that as legitimate leadership.
more → PeopleTek News, Friday, January 10th, 2025
Kickstart 2025 With Meaningful Goals And Strong Relationships
Last week we shared that creating meaningful goals was more beneficial than making New Year resolutions, and we also want to share additional ideas for kicking off the New Year.
more → PeopleTek News, Friday, December 27th, 2024
10 Inspiring Leadership Quotes To Align Your Words And Actions
There are hundreds of leadership quotes that have inspired us to strive to be even more effective leaders. Why? Because what we say, and how we say it impacts those we interact with.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, December 16th, 2024
Mastering Effective Listening: Strengthen Relationships and Fuel Success
Do you consider listening a necessary skill yet find it challenging? If you view it as a challenge, is it due to distractions, not enjoying the subject matter, or perhaps the person speaking?
more → PeopleTek News, Thursday, December 12th, 2024
Why Respect Is Key To Building A Thriving Workplace Culture
Building on last week's thoughts about motivators in the workplace we want to add one more: respect.
more → PeopleTek News, Saturday, December 7th, 2024
Maximizing Your Strengths In Annual Development Plans: Don't Overlook Your 'Magic Dust'
When you create your annual development plan and help your direct reports/colleagues with theirs, do you only focus on the areas that you perceive as weak? Too often we overlook key strengths, and they too need to be honed to keep their edge and remain the person's 'magic dust'.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, November 25th, 2024
6 Key Strategies To Boost Workplace Motivation And Employee Satisfaction
Would you say your colleagues and direct reports are motivated? Do they appear happy when they come into work or join video calls? (Think about energy levels, body language, and how engaged they appear).
more → PeopleTek News, Saturday, November 9th, 2024
Key Leadership Characteristics And Competencies For Building Strong Teams
You've earned a leadership role likely because of your knowledge, the ability to build effective relationships, and the skill to drive results and help others grow in their career.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, November 4th, 2024
Leadership Temptations: Overcoming Common Pitfalls For Stronger Teams And Effective Relationships
Are you familiar with Patrick Lencioni's model of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team? In his model he identifies the following 5 components that prevent team effectiveness.
more → PeopleTek News, Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
Managing Workplace Stress: How Leaders Can Build Healthier Work Environments
Have you observed stress in the workplace or perhaps even experienced stressful situations while at work? If the answer is yes, you're not alone.
more → PeopleTek News, Thursday, October 24th, 2024
How To Be An Authentic Leader: 5 Key Traits For Impactful Leadership
Does it matter if you're viewed as an authentic leader? The answer is a resounding yes!
more → PeopleTek News, Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
How To Manage Workload, Quality, And Morale As A Leader
Ensuring quality work is delivered can be a struggle especially when there are strict timeframes and the workload seems endless.
more → PeopleTek News, Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
Mastering Critical Thinking: Part 2 - 7 Advanced Skills For Effective Decision Making
Critical thinking becomes most effective when relationships are considered, and differing perspectives are discussed to guide optimal decisions.
more → PeopleTek News, Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
Mastering Critical Thinking: Part 1 - 7 Key Skills For Better Decision Making
Do you apply critical thinking skills in your decision-making process?
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PeopleTek News, Monday, September 23rd, 2024
Mastering Active Listening: Enhancing Communication In Business
Listening is a skill that requires effort and impacts relationships. Any disagreement with that statement?
more → Oracle News, Monday, September 16th, 2024
Understanding Working Genius Types For Building Effective Business Relationships
Let's face it, your team members are the ones that ensure team and organizational goals are met. Granted they need direction, timelines, clearly defined roles, and effective business relationships to ensure any challenge or obstacle may be addressed.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, September 9th, 2024
How Effective Leaders Inspire And Motivate Teams To Achieve Success
Being an inspirational and motivating leader starts with us. It's about our ability to share our passion, recognize the passion (aka magic dust) of others, and compel others to take action and make a difference, while we also strive to achieve and do more.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, September 2nd, 2024
How Leadership Styles Have Evolved: Building Strong Relationships For Lasting Success
We feel that there has been a shift with a desire to build more effective relationships with supervisors, managers, and senior leaders, as well as with colleagues, clients, and strategic partnerships.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, August 26th, 2024
All Business Relationships Start With You: Embracing Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace
The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) is a C-Suite role that is becoming more common with over 50% of Fortune 500 companies having that role as part of their organization.
more → PeopleTek News, Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
Mastering Communication: How Tone And Body Language Shape Your Message
We all know that being an effective communicator is a major part of being a successful leader, but we may not be aware that communication is broken down into three segments.
more → PeopleTek News, Thursday, August 15th, 2024
5 Essential Questions To Ask Team Members For Building Effective Business Relationships
Do you consistently have one on one conversations with each of your direct reports? If yes, what do your discussions entail?
more → PeopleTek News, Tuesday, August 6th, 2024
How Positive Energy And Effective Business Relationships Drive Workplace Success
How would you rate your energy level during your working hours? Do you find enjoyment in the workplace? Are you energized by the work you do?Do you have healthy interactions with your colleagues and direct reports? Do make time to develop effective business relationships?
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, July 29th, 2024
Top 10 Companies To Work For In 2024: Insights From The Great Place To Work Survey
How many places have you worked at? What made you leave or what made you stay?
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, July 22nd, 2024
What Makes High Performing Teams Stand Out?
Can you think of a team you were a member of (or led) that you felt was a high performing team? What made them special?
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, July 15th, 2024
Building Strong Business Relationships: The Human Factor #2
A couple of weeks ago we wrote The Human Factor #1; this week we're following up with The Human Factor #2. A positive work culture requires that strong and lasting business relationships are built. T
more → PeopleTek News, Sunday, July 7th, 2024
The Importance Of Leadership And Strong Relationships On Independence Day
As many of you know, last week the U.S. celebrated Independence Day (generally celebrated July 4th). Did you also know that 175+ other countries also celebrate Independence Day?
more → PeopleTek News, Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
Why Positive Work Culture And Human Sustainability Matter In Today's Workplace
How people are treated in the workplace has been a topic of interest for decades (maybe even longer). Why then is it necessary to once again share the need for having a positive work culture, for treating workers like humans, and for building strong and lasting business relationships?
more → PeopleTek News, Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
Is Your Workplace Making You Miserable? New Report Reveals Shocking Truths
Are employees happy and healthy in the workplace? Per Gallup's 2024 State of the Global Workplace report, not so much.
more → PeopleTek News, Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
Is Your Team Resisting Change? Discover How DiSC Can Help
Managing change is often a challenge. There's the fear of the unknown; this includes the 'what and why', but perhaps more importantly is 'how' the change will be implemented and 'who' will be impacted.
more → PeopleTek News, Tuesday, June 11th, 2024
What Defines Quality Leadership? Key Traits To Inspire And Motivate
Have you read or thought about 'quality leadership'? A good starting point is to think about when others want to model the behaviors we exemplify. It's when building strong relationships is a priority, and when our interactions are inspiring and motivating.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, June 3rd, 2024
Are You Taking The Right Steps To Make Your Employees Feel Valued?
Employees want to feel appreciated, know that their skills and abilities are valued, and that they make a difference in the workplace.
more → PeopleTek News, Friday, May 31st, 2024
How Can You Use Your Magic Dust To Achieve Leadership Success And Fulfillment?
If you've been through PeopleTek's Leadership Journey program you know that magic dust encompasses: What you're good at; Your unique skills and abilities; Qualities that make you more impactful; How and where you add the most value; What brings you joy
more → PeopleTek News, Friday, May 24th, 2024
Mastering Leadership: The 6 Essential Styles Every Leader Needs
So much has been written about leadership skills and abilities; it seems the ideas are endless so it's up to us to determine our priorities and become aware of which skills are most effective in our field of work, and when differing styles will serve us best.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, May 13th, 2024
Is Trust The Foundation Of Leadership, Or Just Another Buzzword?
Historian and author Jon Meacham says 'Building Character Is A Process, Not An Event'. Does this quote sound familiar? Maybe, because for years we've been sharing that 'Leadership is a process, not an event'.
more → PeopleTek News, Friday, May 24th, 2024
Are Your Work Relationships Draining Your Energy? Discover The Key Factors For Success!
When strong work relationships exist, there are increased levels of energy, morale is improved, more is accomplished, and success rates increase.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, April 29th, 2024
Overcoming Leadership Challenges in Today's Stressful Business Environment
As a leader, what challenges are you experiencing? The role of a leader has evolved over the years, and while that's a good thing, today's leaders are experiencing higher levels of stress with negative impacts for business relationships, effectiveness, and influence.
more → PeopleTek News, Monday, April 22nd, 2024
How Does Procrastination Impact Your Career And Relationships In The Workplace?
Procrastination in the workplace is real. Joseph Ferrari, PhD, professor of psychology and international researcher in procrastination studies shares that '20 percent of U.S. men and women are chronic procrastinators. They delay at home, work, school and in relationships'.
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