Employee Wellness

Training: How to Make it Stick…

Training: How To Make It Stick... By Robert Boroff Training can seem like an easy answer for managers looking to increase employee productivity. However, many managers complain that the training session did not produce any long term effects or that the training participants did not make any changes in their…

Personality Key to Career Success

Personality Key to Career Success By Robert Boroff Leadership and performance are tied to personality, states a psychologist is his newly published book. “Leadership and managerial performance are a direct function of a person’s personality, and, in turn, they directly influence the effectiveness of organizations,” said Robert Hogan, a former…

Essential Personal Skills

Essential Personal Skills By Robert Boroff Employers are looking for 15 essential personal skills when evaluating candidates, according to the non-profit research organization ACT. 1. Carefulness: Do you have a tendency to think and plan carefully before acting? This helps with reducing the chance for costly errors, as well as keeping…

Workplace Health Plans Help Productivity

Workplace Health Plans Help Productivity By Robert Boroff Healthier employees give corporations a greater competitive advantages by maintaining a higher level of productivity and lower health-care costs, according to a new book. Workplace wellness programs that will help workers stay healthy is a must in the wake of rising health-care…

Teach Ethics fron The Top Down

Teach Ethics from The Top Down By Robert Boroff | Google + Unethical corporate behavior is linked to pressure from upper management to meet unrealistic business objectives and deadlines, according to an American Management Association and Human Resource Institute survey. Working in an environment with cynicism or diminished morale, improper training and…

Are You Ready To Return To Work?

Are You Ready To Return To Work? By Robert Boroff | Google + Deciding when and if you want to go back to work after having children can be a burdensome task. You’ll likely have many factors pulling you in different directions. A new study has proven that it is crucial that…

Managing your Retirement

Managing your Retirement By Robert Boroff | Google + If you are like many Americans today, your once stable nest egg has cracked and crumbled, falling off the wall like the rest of the economy during the recession. Although these unfortunate circumstances had a great impact on people’s retirement and savings funds,…

How to Build Company Morale

How to build Company Morale By Robert Boroff | Google + In a time when company layoffs are prevalent due to the economic state of our country, how do managers increase company morale with their current employees? Positive affirmation is an easy and quick way to boost your employees’ sense of value…

Structuring Your Workday Morning

Structuring Your Workday Morning By Robert Boroff | Google + Everyone moves at a different pace in the morning. You’ve seen those “morning people” out there. They’re always ready to go tackle the day, firing on all cylinders at the crack of dawn. Then there are the zombies. These people can’t function…

Aiming for Success

Aiming for Success By Robert Boroff | Google + A successful manager is only as good as the people that work for them. Training employees, fostering working relationships, and completing projects that have the greatest ROI all fall squarely on the shoulders of those in management. Hire good people. Consider personalities along…