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Retaining great employees requires employers to help them set goals that align with their values. Learn why that's so important.
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Retaining great employees requires employers to help them set goals that align with their values. Learn why that's so important.
The popular objectives and key results framework has merit, but its corresponding idea of continuous performance management has 3 key flaws. Learn what those are.
Dawna Markova's concepts of mind patterns and thinking talents can help leaders unlock the intellectual diversity in their teams.
Onboarding is the wrong term to use for fulling welcoming and integrating employees. Let's think about immersion, instead.
Conflict in a hybrid workplace will appear in many ways, but leaders can fend off most of these problems with a focused approach. Learn how.
Use of AI and robotics in corporate finance departments has tripled in recent years, but CFOs still have implementation concerns
Employees are fed up with not being valued, and they're willing to quit. How should employers and leaders respond?
Weaving Influence founder and CEO Becky Robinson shares the 4 commitments she's found are essential for leaders.
What's a retention review? It's a conversation where employees share what actions the leader can take to ensure employees are recognized, appreciated -- and willing to stay.
Remote work can lead to overwork. Here are four ways leaders can take pressure off their remote team culture.
Workplace connections have been strengthened within teams, but distant ties around organizations have weakened. Here's how to fix that.
Leaders need to ask hard questions to assess context in their organizations, and here's where the 5 W's (and 1 H) can help.
Power in the workplace is less about getting people to do your bidding and more about helping them be successful. Here's how to practice "clean power."
Hybrid workplaces are here to stay, especially in global teams. Learn from Tellius CEO Ajay Khanna how his company's making it work.
While advice on behaviors that leaders should avoid can be helpful, it's even better to also suggest what leaders should do instead.
Here's what you need to know about leading and mentoring high achievers, starting with understand what motivates and energizes them.
Leading a team and leading a group can look similar, but the differences have vast implications for your leadership and organization.
The layoffs at P&O Ferries are just the latest example of what happens when leaders fail to prioritize and live respect as a cultural value. You can do better.
Awareness intelligence is a valuable skill for leaders in a VUCA world, and it requires a focus on attention management. Learn more.
Fixing burnout isn't an individual problem. Leaders need to create anti-burnout culture if they want to address this crisis.
Emotional integrity and cognitive restructuring are key to learning self-regulation. Here's how to develop these qualities.
Young employees are upending work, but they aren't the problem. Instead, middle managers need to embrace the challenge and step up their leadership.
Leaders need to reframe work for the post-pandemic era. Here are seven areas to keep in mind.
A leader’s new power lies in his or her ability to connect with others, and that work begins by connection with yourself.
How leaders behave will generate team creativity or send people into coping mode. Learn what behaviors matter and how to get the feedback you really need.
Motivating people isn't as simple as giving tokens and other rewards. In fact, you might be incentivizing the wrong things.
Leaders must set the tone for values and behaviors they expect, including treating others with respect. Leaders who can't do that need to go.
The latest SmartBrief on Leadership poll question: How do you handle team members who have little aspiration for advancing their careers?
How do you practice leadership? Do you have a leadership process? Learn this four-step approach.
Managing conflict requires leaders to gather information, question their assumptions and make distinctions. Learn more about effective conflict management.
Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley offer leaders a blueprint for leading change without provoking change resistance.
Tactical readiness and cognitive readiness can help you deal with bad or even dangerous situations in life and at work.
Culture is the most important tool leaders have in retaining employees right now, but leaders and executives aren't listening.
Learn the signs of low-effort thinking and why you aren't immune to it.
Don't compromise on respect unless you want to see people quit in droves. Learn more about those compromises and what a better workplace culture looks like.
Why do leaders struggle, and how can they recover? Here are four straightforward tips for getting started from Chick-fil-A executive Mark Miller.
Resilience isn't a quick fix like "bouncing back," as you might have heard. But the right practices can make you resilient in the long run. Learn more.
Learn why today's leaders need emotional intelligence, people development and integrative thinking to build great organizations.
Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly shares lessons learned from reviving the retailer and why the workplace needs to evolve to be more employee-focused.
Leaders can't dictate corporate culture, but employee chemistry isn't alchemy! Learn why corporate chemistry is within your control, unlike Rumpelstiltskin's alchemy.
There are many ways to set personal and professinoal goals for the year, but it's all about how you execute them. Here are 6 tips for being a better leader and achieving your goals.
How can you be a better leader? Explore, reflect, document, aspire. Learn more about becoming a better leader.