Interview with Laura Roeder, Founder + CEO of MeetEdgar. – Why People Really Quit Their Jobs. – How Leaders Kill Meaning At Work. – How To Communicate With People Who Disagree With You.
Author: Claire Lew
CEO of Canopy. My mission in life is to help people become happier at work. Say hi to me on Twitter at @clairejlew.
The 2 most common excuses that keep you from getting honest feedback
Take a closer look: You may be unintentionally cutting yourself off from the honest feedback you want to hear. I was on the phone with a CEO the other week. He wanted my advice on how he could cultivate a more open, transparent company culture for his team. This CEO seemed to be already doing a…
Six tips to rock your one-on-ones
Quick, handy best practices to have effective, productive 1-on-1 meetings with your team One-on-ones with employees are one of the most underrated tools for managers. If done properly, these meetings can be an incredibly effective way for managers to receive feedback, gauge employee satisfaction and productivity and even offer some insight into how team members…
The 3 Key Elements of Company Culture — And Why They Really Matter
Let’s look past the buzzword and define the key elements of organizational culture. “Culture” has become the ultimate buzzword these days. Everyone wants to “improve their company culture.” I see the word frequently littered across the headlines of countless articles, book titles, and conference talk topics. Leaders also seem to talk about it all the…
The 8 best questions to ask during a one-on-one meeting
What should you put on your next one-on-one meeting agenda? These one-on-one meeting questions should be a part of every manager’s toolkit. That one-on-one meeting is scheduled on your calendar this week. So, what should you talk about? As a manager, executive, or business owner, this is one of the most recurring and perplexing situations…
The 25 best icebreaker questions for team-building at work
Our most popular get-to-know-you questions for work, based on four years of data. If you winced at the word, “icebreaker,” I don’t blame you. Get-to-know-you questions and games tend to feel cheesy. We’ve all been victim to a terribly trite icebreaker with coworkers that made us roll our eyes. I know I have. However reluctantly, you…
How cereal improves employee engagement
As unlikely as it sounds, breakfast cereal can be the ultimate team-builder and way to boost your team’s morale. The executive director of a prominent nonprofit called iMentor Chicago reached out to me the other week. Her name is Halleemah Nash. “A question I asked my team a few months ago really caught me off guard,”…
Newsletter Issue 13
Interview with Amy Gallo, Contributing Editor at Harvard Business Review. – Tomorrow Half Your Company Is Quitting (So Win Them Back). – 10 Hard Truths About Management No One Tells You. – The hidden toll of workplace incivility
Top 19 Leadership Lessons from AMA with David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), CTO of Basecamp
/How do you structure your day as a leader? Favorite leadership books? CTO of Basecamp and Creator of Ruby on Rails, David, shares his answer to these questions and more. What kind of leader is David Heinemeier Hansson? We were lucky enough to find out his management style, leadership lessons learned, and more during…
7 ways to prepare for an effective one-on-one meeting with your manager
Got an upcoming one-on-one meeting with your manager? Consider a few of these tips in preparation for it. Many managers say flat-out that their biggest frustration is when employees are not prepared for a one-on-one meeting. Yikes, really? Over the past four years, I’ve heard countless managers, CEOs, and business owners say a version of this…
