Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Encouragement is not praise. Done well, encouragement can lead to success for an employee — at which time praise is appropriate. You see, ...

Recently I wrote about being an effective and active listener and ways of encouraging other people to get things out and to talk. As we have said, effective communication is a key element in ...

How do leaders show up when thriving versus drained? There is an unrecognized key factor to leaders showing up at their best: vitality. Vitality is defined as positive aliveness; it is the inner ...