Most of us can recall a few instances where we were required to sit through a lecture that bored us to tears. We can also think of times when our parents gave us good advice, only for us to disregard it and learn for ourselves the hard way. And many
One of leaders’ most important jobs is to establish goals and priorities for their teams. They hold employees accountable to things like sales quotas, manufacturing quotas, and user acquisition goals. They expect all employees to understand what those goals are and focus on working together to meet them. When it
There’s an assumption among some companies that workplace sexual harassment training simply doesn’t work. Sure, we still make our staff go through it, but mostly because we have to. We want to protect our organizations from lawsuits and show that we’re making an effort. After all, most people wouldn’t dream
Middle managers play a unique and crucial role in your organization. Help them succeed by giving them the right training and resources.
There are plenty of employees who have to endure toxic work environments every day. Whether these workers are dealing with a harassing supervisor, bullying colleagues, or an otherwise hostile culture, it couldn’t be more clear that their work environment is less than civil. In many other cases, though, incivility is
The road to egregious, lawsuit-worthy behavior at work is paved with more common but still damaging behavior like rudeness and unfairness.
Workplace harassment doesn’t have to be overt to be toxic. Here are the types of subtle but damaging workplace harassment that often fly under the radar.
A lack of civility in the workplace disrupts employee productivity, threatens health, and prevents happiness. That’s the conclusion of Georgetown University McDonough School of Business professor Christine Porath in a recent Quartz editorial. She connects the dots from a firm’s culture of civility to its bottom line. How Rudeness Steals From
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Efforts linked to values and behavior can’t be pigeonholed as a “human resource initiative” or a “risk management process”; they can’t be driven solely by legal counsel or compliance officers. They must be initiated and directed by senior leaders responsible for the overall direction of the enterprise. Your leaders need
