Management styles can be as varied as the managers who use them. When a worker rises to the level of managing a team, however, he or she needs a set of core skills essential to any management position. Here are four core traits to reinforce in existing managers and to cultivate in promising staff members:… Read more »

“One bad apple spoils the whole barrel,” according to the old saying. When an employee is behaving in a toxic manner, their rotten-apple attitude can affect the entire team. Toxic employees differ from merely difficult ones by the way their harmful behavior impacts the team. When others are exposed to the toxic person, they experience… Read more »

Most managers have encountered one or more personality tests during their professional career. Dozens of types exist, each with a slightly different focus. Many can be taken in only a few minutes and offer both managers and employees valuable information about their own strengths and weaknesses at work. Here, we cover five of the most… Read more »

Being a good boss isn’t about giving orders. That’s what a dictator does. An effective manager should to lead by example, show respect for his or her employees, and inspire subordinates to give their best efforts. It helps greatly if employees like their managers. It takes an incredibly rare individual to be unlikable but still… Read more »