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There’s no single hack for improving your team’s collective emotional intelligence. As a manager, it’s the small habits you perform and encourage that ripple outward. Getting smart people into your company is hard enough. Turning them all into great collaborators and risk-takers is even more difficult. Even on the most high-performing teams, coworkers don’t just openly share feedback and challenge each others’ ideas all on their own–managers need to create a culture that encourages this. And that usually requires building your team’s collective emotional intelligence. Here are a few straightforward (and entirely low-tech ways) to get started. 1. BEGIN ON DAY ONE A team’s work culture determines the parameters within which everybody on it interacts–what’s acceptable, expected, and imaginable. But that culture can subtly change depending on the team’s composition. When someone leaves or somebody new gets hired, you’ve got to reset those parameters to make sure everybody is still operatin...

WordPress is the best blogging platform for both beginner and advanced bloggers. It became hugely popular for its easy-to-use CMS tool. Approximately 28% of the web is built with WordPress. If you are new to creating a blog or managing a website, you need to learn a lot of thing about WordPress blogging. In this case, you should follow some great WordPress blog which you will find in this article.  Why WordPress Blog?  WordPress is free to use and has a strong community which is continuously growing. Easy to use and design your website, no need to learn to code. It's a free CMS service that allows you to earn money with your content. However, you have to buy hosting to make money but you can start a free site without purchasing. Most of the pro bloggers recommended WordPress platform for creating sites. And of course, I also recommend it to manage any type of website.  WordPress Blogs To Follow Learning about WordPress blogging is endless. You will never reach the end poi...

The holy festival Eid Al-Adha also called Greater Eid or the ‘sacrifice feast’ begins this year on Thursday, August 31 evening. Eid al-Adha 2017celebration continues until Monday, September 4 evening. The date may vary depending on your country. About the Hajj To celebrate the Hajj pilgrimage more than 1.7 million Muslims are walking around the Kabba in Saudi Arabia. After two days from Hajj starting date, Eid al-Adha celebration begins in the holy city Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It starts from the desert valley with Islamic pilgrimage.   Eid Mubarak! 100+ Wishes, Greetings And Messages To Celebrate This Eid   Eid al-Adha Begins  The start of Eid al-Adha depends on the sighting of the new crescent moon and its celebration can vary in different countries around the world. Celebrations of Eid al-Adha vary around the world. Muslims greet each other by saying ‘Eid Mubarak' on during the festival which involves prayers and visits to friends and family. The festival commemorates...

A step-by-step survival guide, from the moment your boss breaks the news to when you land your next gig. You’re called into your boss’s office, and he or she breaks the news. Your mind is racing and your heart is pounding, but your body freezes up. Even if you’ve seen the writing on the wall, on some level it still feels like a surprise. Perhaps you’ve made some mistakes or saw that the organization was moving in another direction. One way or another, the end result is the same. You’ve just been laid off. Here’s what to do next. 1. KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON “Stay calm, that’s the first thing,” advises Elaine Varelas, managing partner at Keystone Partners, a Boston-based talent management firm. “Don’t have an emotional reaction, if you can help it.” Those who can’t help it, says Varelas, should try to stay composed while explaining that they feel overwhelmed at the thought of leaving their colleagues and achievements behind. Responding with anger, shouting, or violence of any kind is never...

Wake up to new orders in your inbox every day without ever handling any inventory. Yes, you can make money even while you sleep. A few years ago, I started an e-commerce store that allowed me to earn extra income in a somewhat passive manner. Getting the business off the ground required time and effort, but it didn't cost me any money. And within a month or two, I was earning money in my sleep. As a therapist, I was used to the 'billable hour.' Earning money at all hours of the day without putting in any extra effort seemed magical. I chose to sell fine jewelry. I knew the markup on jewelry is high--often more than 100%. Yet, the shipping cost is low since jewelry doesn't weigh much. I could beat the prices offered by brick and mortar stores who had to pay rent and cover the costs of employees. With a little research, I learned how to obtain a jeweler's license and I opened an account with a reputable wholesaler. From there, I chose the products I wanted to sell, na...

Success! You landed your first job right out of college. You chose to start working right away instead of traveling. Your hard work has paid off by you securing your first step on the career ladder, now it is the time to make smart financial choices.  A survival guide can help you stay on track when looking for your job. Landing a good job is only part of being able to build wealth and being successful. It is just as important to manage your money well and start saving to make it work for you. Even if you are not making a lot of money, these habits can set you down the path to building wealth and being successful. 5 Financial Habits to Start With Your First Job 1. Save for Retirement The first thing you should do is save for retirement. If your company offers a matching contribution, then contribute up to that percentage to take full advantage of the match. If you are out of debt, you can work up to saving between ten and fifteen percent of your income for retirement. The earlier y...

Ambiguity, risk, urgency, public scrutiny: Nothing is more inevitable.  Anxiety, negativity, fear, shame: Nothing is more sabotaging of success. These statements are equally valid for a business leader—and for a jazz musician. Frank J. Barrett is intimately familiar with both of these roles. A management scholar and executive-education lecturer with a Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour, Barrett is also an accomplished jazz pianist and the author of Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz . In Barrett’s view, business is a mess just like life on the jazz stage. You find yourself in situations you didn’t choose, dictated by the decisions and actions of others. You have countless options for moving forward, but no clear rules to tell you what the right answer is. The only way to succeed is through improvisation and innovation, rooted in a positive, unrestrained mindset. After carefully studying tools and techniques that facilitate success both on the stage and in the b...

There are times when cutting ties is the best thing to do. Here are the circumstances when burning a bridge can be a good thing for your career. There is certain career advice that just about everyone seems to take as gospel. Always pay your dues, don’t be too picky about your first job, and keep your options open when you start out. The merits of these types of advice have been questioned, debated, and in some cases–even debunked. But there’s one piece of advice that seems to stick: “Whatever you do, avoid burning bridges!” But is this still good advice to follow? After all, we live in a time where job-hopping isn’t considered to be too much of a stigma, and where career changes are commonplace. Not to mention, technology has forced many industries to undergo rapid transformations, which means that layoffs and restructuring are also pretty common among companies. According to HR professional and career strategist Dorianne St Fleur, this advice isn’t always applicable to the modern wor...

It is straightforward and fun to generate revenue by just sitting on your sofa and typing away on your laptop. Online passive income can make you a millionaire if you put in the right effort. Passive income can be defined as the creation of online businesses that fully utilize available online platforms and banking systems. This kind of business does not require any form of physical appearance for money to be made and the ease in which enterprises transact is incredible. However, note that it is a challenging task which requires absolute devotion and patience. The reward is beyond measure for those who succeed in setting up a good blog or website.   Here are the nine legal ways to generate passive income online: Create A Blog And Get The Affiliate Links Cranking Who doesn’t like some down and dirty affiliate fees?!  It’s even easier to make money this way than with an ebook because all you need to concentrate on is pumping out the content for your own site and getting the tra...

It's no secret bloggers are earning a full-time income. A  common question people often ask how bloggers make money? Beginners have a question in mind, "How can I make money with my blog posts when I have low page views?" In this blog, we have covered many times how bloggers making passive income and how you can earn too.  Do you write a blog post and click publish? What are bloggers? What do you think about them? Most of the people think bloggers are just a writer. But NO! Writing is just a tiny part of blogging. Bloggers are an entertainer, teacher, marketer, designer, creative thinker, advertiser and so on.... The list is really big if you try to define a blogger's qualification.  Just writing and publishing won't make you money. You need to do many more things to get revenues from blogging. You have to grow your blog's audience to increase its income. So you have to do a certain thing before and after publishing a blog post.  Make sure your blog adds value...