by Jacqueline Farrington | Sep 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Over the past few years, multiple studies have shown the negative impact that corrective feedback can have on motivation and employee engagement. And, while that’s certainly true (we even wrote about it here), there are situations where it can be highly effective. New...
by Jacqueline Farrington | Sep 5, 2014 | executive presence, Uncategorized
With Labor Day weekend and summer behind us, most of us have packed the kids off to school and have got back to the daily grind. We spent some of our time reading about new ways to increase employee engagement, Google’s management practices, diversity in the...
by Jacqueline Farrington | Aug 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Is a more gender diverse board good for a company’s bottom line? The answer is a bit more complicated than you might think. According to a report from Fortune, a team of university researchers examined 2,000 companies over a period of 13 years. Overall, a company with...
by Jacqueline Farrington | Aug 22, 2014 | executive presence, Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about “everyday talk” and what it reveals about your organization. The language that we hear and use every day shapes our world and our perception of ourselves. Some of this language and behavior may reveal latent assumptions and...
by Jacqueline Farrington | Aug 14, 2014 | executive presence
When you hear the word, “feedback,” what comes to mind? Most likely it’s an image or a memory of a time when someone gave you negative feedback, either constructively or, even worse, destructively. Why is that? Much ink and many pixels have been spent telling us how...
