Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: How to balance risks, rewards of transparency
Transparency in the workplace can be a double-edge sword that cuts both ways.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow / Special to IBJ
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Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: Nonverbals: What they see is what they hear
Whether you are giving a speech or presentation to a live or virtual audience, the adage is true that actions speak louder than words.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: Ensure that constructive feedback is truly constructive
Critical feedback activates brain circuitry wired for anxiety.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: How to approach negotiations with a less savvy opponent
In poker, there is a saying that goes like this: “Play stupid and win smart.” Likewise, in a competitive negotiation, your opponent might attempt to get you to underestimate his or her negotiation skills by asking amateur or obvious questions.
In the Workplace: It’s important to promote yourself at work
A great way to get ahead at work is to brag more, not less.
In the Workplace: Spotting and neutralizing passive aggression
Passive aggression can be much more than a mere nuisance or annoyance. It can wreak havoc on work relationships, leading to marginalizing and taking advantage of people, productivity interference and a breakdown in workplace morale.
In the workplace: Be careful giving your best employees more work
Why doesn’t the reward of more hard work after a job well done motivate the most productive workers to stay with an organization? How can employers successfully appreciate employees and motivate them to maximize productivity?
In the workplace: How to keep your best employees in a new normal
The current market for proficient and skilled workers is tight, and it is getting increasingly competitive.
In the workplace: Be transparent in calling workers back to office
As a result, businesses large and small are calling their workers to return to the office this summer and fall, perhaps with the anticipatory sense that, since “we built it, they will come.”
In the workplace: How to write more inclusive job postings
First impressions can be lasting impressions.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: Take your email seriously so you are taken seriously
Unlike a verbal conversation, emails create perpetual, written records of business messaging. If executed well, email is an effective and expedient form of business communication, but confusing messaging can leave a lasting bad impression.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: The new future with inclusive leadership
A growing belief that diversity is on the rise in the workplace is not enough to proactively and successfully create the ultimate competitive advantages that help businesses pivot, adapt and thrive in “the new future.”
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: How to give feedback that leads to success
Giving constructive feedback that focuses on employees’ goals and helps them do better work—and be better people—is imperative, especially during this pandemic, and allows each employee to thrive.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: How companies can ‘walk the walk’ on social issues
Corporate America can no longer get away with merely issuing token public statements on websites or social media supporting social justice issues.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: How to successfully manage remote workers
Some companies have been caught flat-footed in their attempts to quickly train newly minted remote employees on the latest and most relevant computer skills.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: After #MeToo, where do we go from here?
A Gallup poll showed the number of men who view sexual harassment in the workplace as a major problem is declining.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: Executive presence makes a difference
Remember that effective executive presence is not alluring charm or likeableness. Rather, it’s the product of temperament, competencies and skills.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: Why failing (successfully) is a good thing to do
Business leaders, managers and entrepreneurs should encourage intelligent failure to promote growth and innovation and to keep their organizations ahead of the curve.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfow: Why millennials say they avoid negotiating
It may be argued that the importance of negotiating for consumer goods, even big-ticket items, is not as important as big business deals. However, most big deals are built on a series of smaller deals that use effective negotiation strategies and techniques.
Westerhaus-Renfrow: Lesson from losing Amazon—attract more millennials
Indianapolis needs to attract out-of-state millennials. And this needs to happen quickly. Perhaps the best starting point for shifting workforce demographics is to look around and see which states are successfully attracting millennials.