Some leaders say they want to provide training for their employees. Others say they focus on education. Very often, they do not recognize the difference between the two. But once they do, they realize their employees can often benefit from both. Training tends to focus on skills. It is about how to do something correctly, […]

As we discussed a few months ago, mentoring is an important part of your employees’ development. It not only prepares the next generation of leaders who will follow you but also encourages the creation of new ideas and knowledge and methods in your workplace today. But it is only useful if you do it right. […]

It’s very important to provide feedback to your employees. Some companies — especially large ones — will have a formal employee evaluation system in place, whereas others — especially young start-ups — prefer a more low-key approach more concerned with one-to-one discussions than with documenting employee performance. But it’s important to document things in between […]

Your employees need to know how they’re doing — hopefully, that is not a new idea to you. You want them to keep doing the good stuff and stop doing the bad, but they need to know which is which, and it is not always obvious to them. Even when it IS obvious, sometimes they […]