Praising demotivates, slating motivates There are different approaches to praising people at work as well as plenty of myths regarding the issue. Some managers believe that praising can actually lower people’s performance. They argue that it doesn’t make sense to compliment people too much because it will make them arrogant and pompous. They are scared …
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Impostor syndrome among women
Have you ever thought the following about yourself: “I’m definitely not as skilled as other people think” or ”I’m just a fake pretending to be an expert”? Did it cross your mind that the truth would come out and you’d be identified as an impostor? If you had such doubts even for a second, you undoubtedly experienced …
How to get rid of social loafing in your team
Social loafing, or freeriding, is the tendency to do less than someone’s potential allows them to do in a group setting. You probably had a chance to experience that phenomenon while working on a group project at school or, more recently, in your workplace. There are people who always contribute a lot to each group …
Social Loafing: Why Working in Groups is Bad for Productivity
Do you remember group work at school? A teacher asked you to form a team, so you invited all your best friends to make the task as joyful as it could be. Obviously, you thought that working with your best buddies would be the best idea. However, once you started working on that project with …
How to tell your teammate that his work is sloppy?
You consider yourself a hard worker. You’re responsible at work. Everything you do is high-quality, meticulous and very neat. When you have a task to complete, you are fully committed to finishing it even before the deadline. When someone asks you to prepare a report, you verify it a couple of times, checking whether your …
Team building that really works
Team building can sound scary to a lot of people. It’s typically associated with meeting your coworkers in order to do mundane or ridiculous stuff, like singing a song or holding each other’s hands. Something that is meant to be fun but that some of you will consider a nightmare. Something that is meant to …
Reasons why team building fails
Team building exercises are one of the most commonly used group-development ventures in many organizations. However, not everyone is convinced of their value. Some people actually question whether those indoor or outdoor activities even work at all. Most of us tend to just assume they are in fact quite powerful, but now it’s to time …
How to spot a lie at a job interview?
We’re generally not good at spotting lies Let’s agree, people fail to spot lies. Studies [1] have shown that an average adult can distinguish fabrications from the truth only 54% of the time. That’s almost as good as a blind guess. It means that an average adult is not very skilled in lie detection. A …
How to deal with toxic people?
You walk into the office feeling energized. You drink a cup of coffee while having a delightful chit-chat in the social room. You’re about to start your daily duties feeling motivated and cheerful. But there is this one person or maybe even a few of them who will definitely kill your positive attitude. They will …
3 types of toxic people that will kill your team’s motivation
You probably actually met a few toxic people in your career. Those who were like the cancer of the workplace and disrupted your well-being, happiness and motivation at work. You avoided scheduling meetings with them, making eye contact with them and you always walked out of the break room the second they walked in. In …