You are doing only part of your job as a supervisor if you give the squeaky wheels, that is, your challenging employees, enough grease to get the train out of the station. It is equally important to perform the other half of your responsibilities: To show appreciation to your star employees so that you retain the people who keep the train on track. At this very moment, your best people...

You know that simply because employees are outstanding in their current roles does not mean they have what it takes to manage the team, right?  Sometimes the qualities that make them star performers—reliability, consistency, conflict avoidance, seniority—are not sufficient to merit their appointment to the top slot, no matter how much they desire the post . . . or at least the income tha...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When we think about innovation, we usually picture someone quirky and isolated, like Yoshiro Nakamatsu the inventor of the floppy disc. When Nakamatsu had a specific mental challenge, he would head down to the pool, dive in, and hold his breath until he was completely deprived of oxygen. When he surfaced, gasping for breath, he would madly scribble do...