The surprising key to improving your performance appraisal process
The performance appraisal process is a painful one for HR, Managers, and Employees alike. 1 on 1s can improve your performance appraisals and boost morale.
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3 Ways How Practicing Mindfulness Make You a Better Manager
Mindfulness helps you develop basic emotional intelligence skills that are critical to being a great manager such as self-regulation, self-awareness, and relationship management skills. How can one simple skill have such a big impact on your ability to lead and manage others? Learn more.
Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #97: The McDonald's Hack, Well Being at Work, Cyber Monday Special, and more…
Is fake rapport a bad thing? Should you pretend to be interested in something to help get something you want? It’s an interesting question I’ve
5 Powerful Ways to Reframe Your Thinking as a Leader
Could changing how you view a problem help you solve it? Can you reframe your thinking and get better results? It may surprise you, but
Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #96: Ghost Engineers?, 2024 Workforce Trends, and more…
Hi, What are you grateful for? What are you taking for granted right now? As Thanksgiving and the end of the year approaches, it’s a
5 Simple Approaches to Keep Your Composure in Difficult Situations
To lead effectively, you must keep your composure in front of your team. The tactics we cover will help you navigate the most challenging of situations.
How to have great one on ones like Andy Grove in High Output Management
In Andy Grove's book, High Output Management, the former CEO of Intel explains his approach to the key management habit of having great 1 on 1 meetings.
Having bad one to one meetings? Here's how to turn them around
Are your one to one meetings with your team not going well? We'll share common symptoms and the cure to make your one to one meetings with your team great.
Why Managers Need to Take Notes to be Successful
Do you take notes? As a manager, it's a critical habit. We show why experts and research agree it's a critical skill for effective leaders.
Reinventing the Wheel: How companies like GE, Adobe, and Deloitte get rid of the performance review with one on ones
Want to get rid of the performance review? Many of the best companies have. Read on to find out what some of the best companies do instead of the review.
Essential Lessons from Laszlo Bock in Work Rules
Laszlo Bock runs the people organization at Google and has shared the learnings of his team in the book Work Rules. We share the takeaways you can apply.
How to be a better manager by remembering 5 simple phrases
Want to learn how to be a better manager? It's easier than you think. We show how by adding a few key phrases and habits, you can be a better manager, too.
Why you need one on one software for your managers
One on ones are crucial to having a happy, motivated team, but many do them poorly. We explain why you need one on one software and how it can help.
The Performance Review: How the best companies are approaching, improving, and replacing them.
Many hate the performance review. In this post we share how companies are approaching them with fresh eyes, reinventing, or replacing the performance review.
The 6 Surprising Questions that Ensure the Effectiveness of Google Management
Google Management has done deep research to answer the question, "How do you tell if your managers are doing a good job?" Read on to learn what they are.
5 Ways You Could Be Contributing to Poor Management at Your Company
Do you have poor management at your company? It can ruin morale and spike turnover. We cover 5 ways leaders like you may contribute to this crucial problem.
Culture Summit SF: The 3 Keys to Retaining and Motivating Your Team
At SF's Culture Summit, the founder of Lighthouse spoke about how to motivate and retain your team. This post includes the slides and key takeaways from it.
Status Updates: The biggest trap to avoid in your one on ones
Status updates are a key part of being a manager, but having status updates in one on ones is a huge waste. We share alternatives to make one on ones great.
Awesome Leadership Lessons from the departures of Bill Simmons & Jon Stewart
We can learn great leadership lessons from Jon Stewart of the Daily Show & Bill Simmons formerly of ESPN. Their leadership changed the lives of their teams.
Manager's Guide: How to Fire an Employee
We discuss how to fire an employee from the necessary steps before firing, to the reasons why, and how to deal with the issues for you, them, and your team.
The one word that should scare every manager.
Feedback for your team is needed more often than most managers realize. The silence really hurts. We share why your should give your team feedback often.
Employee Retention: The Keys to Long, Happy Working Relationships
Employee Retention is on every leader's mind. We look at what experts say it takes to have long lasting, happy working relationships with your team.
What Managers Must Know from the Gallup Employee Engagement Survey
Last week the annual Gallup Employee Engagement study was released showing the State of the American Manager. We share what you need to know as a leader.
How to Win an Argument at Work
If you want to win an argument, especially at work, you have to come with the right mindset. We share the approaches used by Dale Carnegie, Pixar, and HBR.
Why Managers Should Take a Break
Take a break when your at work and it will make you a better leader. Take time to read and reflect to make better decisions. We explain how to do it and why.
10 Key Ed Catmull Quotes on Leadership from Creativity, Inc
Ed Catmull helped found and grow Pixar to the success it is today. We share 10 awesome Ed Catmull quotes on leadership from his book, Creativity, Inc.
Everything you need to know about one-on-ones in less than 1 hour
One-on-ones are a critical part of good management. This post shares recorded talk about how one-on-ones are a manager's secret weapon to great teams.
The One Key to Building and Keeping a Great Company Culture
Company culture is critical to the success of your company and morale of your people. We discuss the key to building and keeping a great company culture.
The 7 Deadly Sins of Bad Management that Crush Employee Morale
Nothing drains employee's motivation and crushes morale like bad management. In this post we cover 7 common habits to avoid that cause bad management.
