Jimmy’s Blog
Giving Effective Feedback to Employees
Feedback is a powerful tool that can motivate your employees to do their best during the workday. When done correctly, it can grow and develop your employees, improve trust and communication levels, and strengthen the bonds between your employees and their managers....
Tips on Becoming a Better Manager
As a manager, it’s your job to look after your employees to the best of your ability. While some are natural at this, others need to actively work toward being better for both themselves and those under their supervision. Working toward better management skills often...
Making the Most of Your Job Advertisements
Hiring employees these days for any organization has not been an easy task because of the competition in the market. Because of the high competition, people tend to spend less time at organizations and invest a lot more time searching for a perfect job that...
The Importance of Communication in the Workplace
Good communication has always been considered an essential tool in achieving overall productivity. It is also necessary if a person is trying to maintain strong relationships during their work in any organization. This has been most important because, due to the...
Developing an Inclusive Business Culture
When you create a business, you want to make sure that your business’s culture is not only a positive one, but an inclusive one. The unfortunate reality of many businesses is that they focus on inclusivity too late, resulting in them spending an enormous amount of...
The Art of Dealing in Business
Navigating through business isn’t a walk in the park; rather, it’s a delicate ability that you have to work to achieve correctly. In order to get the best deals from vendors or hire the best employees, the best thing you can do is be upfront and clear on what you...
Bill Gates on 4 Essential Life Choices for Success
By almost any metric, Bill Gates is among the most successful individuals of the last hundred years. While he is perhaps most famous for his long run as the richest person in the world, he has also made a number of more tangible contributions to human society. From...
How to Know Your Leadership Style is Working
The secret to a productive and healthy workplace is an effective leadership style. We can think about this using an image of a teacher and her/his students. If the teacher does not put enough effort into teaching the students, we can expect them to perform poorly on...
Boosting Your Productivity in 2021
Whenever you’re working on several aspects of a project at once, it’s tempting to attempt remarkable feats of multitasking. You might consider talking on the phone while answering an email or sorting through files while listening in on a virtual meeting. This might seem like productivity exemplified, but it’s actually a harmful practice that diminishes your total output.
Books to Better Your Career This Year
With 42 percent of the U.S. labor force working from home, and a nearly unimaginable 81 percent of the global workforce having had workplaces fully or partly closed, it may seem like time to curl up and watch television. But think: You may have no commute, and if you go to an office it may be quiet and less stressful. It’s the perfect time to think about how you’d like your career to progress when the world reopens. Here are some books–some new, one classic–to get you focused on the future.