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My leadership journey started at home
A longtime corporate executive shares why her parents' influence was so powerful and what it means for diversity and inclusion efforts.
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What do employees want from leaders today? Don’t guess
With the Great Resignation continuing, what do employees want from leaders today? Don’t guess. Ask, listen and adapt to boost workplace respect.
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Overcoming impostor syndrome
Imposter syndrome can strike the most qualified and successful people. Here's how leaders can overcome this and act with confidence.
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Reimagining the future of work during the Great Resignation
The Great Resignation shows that workers' expecations and needs are changing, and so must the demands and expecations of leadership. Diversity, equity and inclusion will be a key part of this shift in the workplace.
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Find your authentic leadership persona
Just as golfers need to find their perfect swing, leaders need to discover their ideal stengths and persona.
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Why courage is essential if you want power over your life
One way leaders can show courage in their career is by facing the unknown. Acknowledge the fear, then move forward.
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Supercharging company communications
There are more ways to communicate today than ever before. Surprisingly, it has not led to an automatic increase in employee satisfaction.
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Want to be happier? Choose abundance over scarcity
An abundance mindset helps you focus on growing your success and helping others, too. Without it, you're spending time and energy fighting a zero-sum game.
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Leaders, get out into the field
Seeing the front lines isn't just for show; it's how leaders see what employees and customers are really facing, how they get feedback and how they can directly inspire.
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“Everyone leads” cultures need less storytelling and more story-doing
Senior leaders need to get more involved in leading. It sounds simple, but it's true, and storytelling alone won't get the job done.
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Why need-based leadership is the shift we need
Need-based leadership is a different way of thinking about leadership and management, moving away from "great man" theory and leader-centric approaches to more closely consider the people affected most.
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Leadership fatigue is a thing — make time to recharge
Leadership is stressful and demanding, so leaders must find ways to recharge physically and mentally -- and maybe rethink their career paths. Read on for 7 key pieces of leadership advice.
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The (real) secret to overcoming procrastination
Procrastination is often mistaken as a time management issue when, in fact, your motivation might be the root cause. Learn more about what can actually help productivity.
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The secrets to making mentoring work
Not all mentoring programs are created equal. Read on to learn what leaders and companies need to know about effective mentoring and what mentees need most.
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3 steps to empowering women every day
Here are three easy, practical and repeatable actions leaders can take every day to lift the women around us.
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Rise up, middle managers! Seize control of your destiny
Middle managers have an opportunity to reinvent their role, grow their employees and help their own careers -- if they take advantage.
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What employees want from employers
Learn the 5 things employees want if they're to feel engaged and motivated -- and not leave your organization. Retention in the Great Resignation is more important than ever.
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3 things your top talent always confide in me
Too many high-potential talent feel unheard, unsupported and unappreciated. You can wait for HR to tell you this after the employee leaves, or you can do something about it.
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Why executive sponsorship is critical for achieving D&I goals
DEI success requires everyone's involvement, and if you're an executive or CEO, that includes you, too. Learn how from the latest data on diversity hiring.
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Leadership behaviors that diminish trust
Trust is hard to built and easy to lose -- and a business imperative for managers and leaders in any organization. Learn what common ways trust is won or lost, and what you can do about it.
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Emotional exhaustion is rampant, and returning people to the “old normal” will not help
The pandemic continues to be a drain on people, and if the workplace is also disrespectful and draining, you'll lose employees' hearts, minds and presence.
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Reversing the Great Resignation: Psychological factors that foster engagement
With so many employees quitting, leaders must do more to understand and support their staff's goals for self-expansion. Learn more and take the assessment within!
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Hoping to succeed as a leader? It’s time we had a talk
Leaders need a new perspective on risk. You can't wish away risk or solve it. Rather, risk is "an essential part of the mindset of leading."
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Rethinking new-manager development: An operating system to support success
New managers and leaders get little, if any, training. They need a better guide. Here's the 5-step New Manager's Operating System.
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Getting workplace overwhelm under control
For many new leaders, it’s overwhelming to go from peer to boss or from independent contributor to team leader. Imagine taking on a new leadership role during the pandemic -- and joining a chaotic workplace?
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3 reasons why your business needs real-time leadership
Employees are unhappy for legitimate reasons and will leave -- maybe for your competitor -- if you won't do more to meet their needs and provide equitable treatment and opportunity.
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Instead of multitasking, go all in on your tasks
Multitasking doesn't work. Here's what does work for productivity, getting things done and being better at work.
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What’s the opportunity in the problem?
What we don't like in other people is often what we're guilty of, too. How can we find the opportunity in the problem of human fallability?
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Why leaders make bad decisions and how to make better ones
Leaders who understand how to make good decisions and good choices -- and the differences between them -- will do better with conflict and create better situations for employees and employers.
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What 30 years of flexibility has taught me about successful hybrid workplaces
Flexible scheduling already exists, and here's one CEO's lessons from 30 years of workplace scheduling that benefits the business and employees while setting boundaries with clients.
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The return to the office is a reckoning for leaders locked in the past
Workers and executives have different views of returning to offices, returning to normalcy and ending this current uncertainty -- and it might be the rank and file who have the clearer vision.
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Does your work culture quash bullying or tolerate it?
Workplace bullying is bad for people and business, and yet all too common. It's up to leaders to begin the change.
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Pandemic leadership: I didn’t sign up for this
The pandemic has increased the pace and stress of work for teams and their leaders. You didn't sign up for this, but how can you handle it?
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Apology 101: Make things right
Apologies are simple but difficult for many people. Here are the basics of an apology that doesn't try to excuse or point fingers.
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How overwhelmed leaders can still be passionate about diversity
Diversity doesn't have to take a back seat just because we're overworked and overburdened. Here's advice on how leaders can rethink their approach to diversity in positive ways.
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How a strong mind can give you the resilience advantage
Hope is a key ingredient of resilience. Learn more about how to make yourself resilient and overcome adversity.
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Can managing your expectations improve your emotional intelligence?
Here are 12 ways you might be failing to communicate expectations to your employees, which is bad for them, your leadership and the organization.
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Proximity bias and the remote/hybrid employee: What’s a leader to do?
Remote and hybrid work are a big change for many employers -- and employees. Leaders need to adjust to this new reality and check their assumptions about people who aren't on-site.
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Schedule tasks and block out time
To-do lists have their place, but you really want to schedule your day through time-blocking. Learn more about this productivity and scheduling method that leaders use.
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What leaders get wrong about employee well-being and how to get It right
Employee well-being is not a simple issue that organizations can easily guarantee, but there is a path forward for leades and organizations. Learn more in this video from Denise Lee Yohn.
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Michael Useem: Learning the edge of leadership
The world is rapidly changing, and that means business leadership has to, too. Michael Useem walks through the "edge" of leadership for today's CEOs and executives.
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What’s your view of working on weekends?
The most recent SmartBrief on Leadership poll question: What's your view of working on weekends?