A toxic employee can reside at all levels within the company. Whether your toxic employees is a high ranking executive or the entry-level newbie to the team the negative impact they have on morale and productivity is staggering. Your solid employees won’t put up with it. The disdain for the toxic employee will quickly spread to contempt for management wondering why they are putting up […]

As a leader are you managing your team with metrics, standard scoring and standardized feedback? How’s that working out for you? Odds are low your employees are ready to rock if they are locked in a box full of must do’s with no escape plan to get out of the box. Lack of inspiration can be costly. According to Gallup in 2018 alone, estimates for […]

VISU 2030: Art History I (Dr. Whatley) Paper

Multicultural Matrix and Analysis SOC/315 Version 5 2 University of Phoenix Material Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet Instructions: Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix. Part II: Write a summary. Part III: Format references consistent with appropriate course-level APA guidelines. Part I   What is the group’s history in the United States? What is the group’s population in […]

Recently our son Trevor published a blog post entitled Every Oscar Winner for Best Picture, Ranked Worst to Best. In this post, he ranks, from 90 to one, each and every Oscar winner since Wings won the very first Oscar in 1928. Each winner is listed by the movie name, year it won, a picture from the movie, and a review summary. It took him three years to […]

1. According to Nye, what is the problem with making “belief” central to the study of religion? In what ways might doing so reflect Christian biases in the study of religion? 2. According to Nye, in what ways do the the theories of Feuerbach, Marx, and Freud, along with cognitive approaches to the study of religion, exhibit reductionism? 3. According to Nye, what are some […]

Do you struggle to clearly communicate your intentions? Have you found that others misread you when you are speaking. When in a group do you come off as bossy? Three little pronouns can trip you up. How you use, “I,” “We,” and “You” are strong messengers. The Braggadocious I When you find yourself using “I” to take credit, you can appear to others to be […]

Hopefully the day will come, and soon, when we no longer have to highlight great women CEOs, and they’ll just become exemplary CEOs, period. Until that day arrives, however, it’s valuable to point out the unique skills and perspectives that women are bringing to the table in terms of leadership in companies that have impact. Let’s start with one of the masters, Eileen Fisher. As the first […]

Unit One Assignment 1 Submission Instructions Please use the following instructions for submitting your assignment to your Open Learning Faculty Member. As soon as you have completed all parts of Assignment 1, name and save your document. Send it to your Open Learning Faculty Member for marking by using theAssignments link. Be sure to include your name, the course code, assignment number, and the date of […]

As an entrepreneur and leader, you make a lot of decisions, every day. Your ability to make decisions enhances your ability to run your business effectively. I’d go so far as to say that it’s a necessary trait. Often, those decisions are made with some kind of time constraint. Even if that’s not the case, which is rare, you have to weigh how much time […]