by Karen Morley | Increasing effectiveness, Leadership, Performance
Shareholders are generally skeptical about investment to improve employee satisfaction and happiness. They believe that investment in employee satisfaction programs is an unnecessary expense. They are unaware of the value that employee satisfaction programs contribute...
by Karen Morley | Career Acceleration, Leadership, Motivation, Performance
Let me share with you three simple yet powerful leadership tweaks that will help you boost your career. What got you here won’t get you there. This phrase, which comes from Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, is a very powerful one. Continuing to do more of what you’re good at is...
by Karen Morley | Increasing effectiveness, Leadership, Performance
What is it that attracts us to narcissistic leaders? And shouldn’t ‘narcissistic leader’ be an oxymoron? I wrote previously about the challenges of working with narcissistic leaders and suggested some ways of counteracting their worst...
by Karen Morley | Increasing effectiveness, Leadership, Motivation
In a recent workshop with emerging leaders, a guest speaker highlighted the dangers of narcissistic leaders. He recounted various stories of narcissists encountered through his own career, including that of the board chair who repeatedly manipulated the agenda by...
by Karen Morley | Leadership, Motivation, Performance
Jane’s frustration at ‘not knowing the story of what I’m doing’ in a new role introduced Part 1. She identified the inner messages she tells herself that get in the way of her effectiveness: ‘People move me around. I need to grow up a bit, I...