Encouraging Self-Aware Managers Your managers are the backbone of your business, the people who make sure operations run smoothly, employees are happy and sales are growing. When you have self-aware managers, you exponentially increase your chances of success in all...
What Does a Self-Aware Leader Look Like? Self-awareness gives people insight into their characteristics, skills and abilities. For those in leadership positions, developing self-awareness is one of the most important steps toward becoming a more effective leader. A...
What Is the Birkman Method? Everyone reacts to pressure in different ways, and everyone deals with job-related pressure at one time or another. Understanding how you are likely to act in stressful situations—or even just knowing what will trigger stress for you—can...
Team Activities Employees Actually Like Team building can have numerous positive impacts on your workplace, including increased productivity, better communication and longer employee retention. However, the term “team building” tends to get a bad...
The Value of Human Connection: Getting to Know Your Employees In the era of the Great Resignation, employers need to think about solutions for staff retention and employee satisfaction. While decent salaries and benefits packages are part of the equation, there are...
Can Hobbies Make You Better at Your Job? For many people, hobbies are a way to get out of the work mindset and enjoy free time. However, hobbies can actually boost your professional skills and make you better at your job—and you may not even realize it. Studies have...
At Crosworks Career and Talent Strategists, we have an experienced, professional team of executive, leadership and career coaches. Each has a unique background that brings well founded insights to their coaching-client relationships. This month, we’d like you to...
How to Find Greater Meaning in the Workplace Work should be about more than earning a living—it should be fulfilling and offer a sense of meaning and a greater connection to the world. However, that feeling of fulfillment doesn’t always come automatically. Sure, it’s...
Why Do Employees Need a Sense of Purpose in the Workplace The COVID pandemic prompted major shifts in daily life, including newfound reflections in which people are rethinking their values and their sense of purpose. Employers are feeling the weight of this shift in...
Top Ways Managers Can Help Employees Find Purpose As important as it is to have a comfortable salary, jobs are about so much more than bringing home a paycheck. Jobs are what define people, and they consume so much space in our daily lives. Therefore, shouldn’t work...
