Entries by First Sun Team

Leadership: How To Recover From Failure…”First of all, You Should Have the Confidence Yourself. But if You Can’t Transfer That to Your Teammates, You’re in Trouble”- Roger Staubach

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Great leaders have a profound relationship with failure. Where others might stop, shrink back, or give up, those who achieve great success move forward, undaunted in the face of failure. Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, left, talks to quarterback Russell Wilson. (Credit: AP Photo/Ben Margot) Last week, an avalanche of criticism fell on the […]

Leadership: Replace Your Bad Leadership Habits In 2015..Leaders Become Micromanagers & Bottlenecks Abound When This Habit Goes Totally Unchecked

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Contrary to popular belief, leadership isn’t always a natural born trait. It’s possible to learn leadership and to become increasingly skilled at leading others in both personal and professional capacities. The flip side of this is that if one is a natural born leader (i.e., they have the traits that are commonly associated with leaders […]

Leadership: My Picks For The Top 10 CHROs & Why It Matters…Today’s CHROs Don’t Gate Progress; Rather They are Often the Change Agent Fueling Growth & Development

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Before I get to my picks for the Top 10 CHROs, I want to give some background on why this list is important, and how you should use it to shape your enterprise moving forward. While every member of the executive team plays a critical role in successful organizations, aside from the CEO, a strong […]

Strategy: 3 Things Anyone can Learn about Damage Control From the Brian Williams Debacle…I Rarely see Advice that Will Help People Who have Been Caught in a Temporary/Permanent Reputation Failure, Indiscretion, or Outright Lie

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I travel a lot, and that means I spend time in airport bookstores.  At these shops, a big percentage of the selling floor is occupied by racks of self-improvement books with clever, compelling titles and handsome book jackets. It’s a lucrative phenomenon in the publishing industry — a universe unto itself. We’re actually drowning in […]

Leadership: Cubicles Are the Root of So Many Problems at Your Company…That’s Why it’s Important for Leadership to Have ‘Big Ears’ & Be in a Constant Listening Mode to Keep a Pulse on Our Workforce

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Employees remain extremely unsatisfied with their careers, which impacts their performance and productivity. A January Gallup poll reported that only 31.5% of workers in the U.S. were engaged in their jobs in 2014, a slight increase from 29.6% in 2013. A majority of employees (51%) were still “not engaged,” and 17.5% were “actively disengaged” in […]

Leadership: Half Of Your Company Is Looking To Leave: Four Retention Strategies To Keep Your Best…50% See their Current Job as a Placeholder

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Jobvite, a recruiting platform, just released its 2015 Job Seeker Nation Study, and results point to a renewed interest by the gainfully employed to look around for new opportunities. Jobvite’s survey of over 2,000 employed adults revealed: 45% of job seekers are satisfied in their job, but looking for a new one; 50% see their current […]

Leadership: The 3 Most Powerful Ways To Change People Who Don’t Want To Change…Dieters in the US Spend 40 Billion Dollars a Year, but 19 out of 20 lose Nothing but their Money

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Have you noticed how incredibly hard it is to change a habitual behavior, even though you know full well that it’s in your best interest to do so? Have you worked so hard over six months to lose 20 pounds, only to see it creep back in a matter of days or weeks? Or have […]

Your Career: 5 Things Recruiters Look For on Your Social Media Profiles…Did you Know that 93% of Recruiters Currently Use or Plan to Use Social Media to Find Candidates?

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It’s no surprise that recruiters are turning to social media to scope out potential employees. Therefore, it’s essential that candidates understand what recruiters are looking for online. These elements of your profiles are making a big impression on recruiters — for good or for ill. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” […]