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How to build empathetic leadership teams
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Leadership
Strategy
When defining strategy, choose the right tools for the job
Strategy isn't easy, and there's a confusing morass of advice. Here are 3 tools for figuring out your strategy, based on the experts who have thought deeply about.
Inspiration
It’s not personal, it’s business?
We spend most of our waking hours preparing for work, at work or recovering from work, and yet it's not personal, it's just business? Susan Fowler explains why that's not the case, and where servant leadership can help.
Management
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.
Leadership
Where do you spend the majority of your time and energy on people leadership?
The most recent SmartBrief on Leadership poll question: Where do you spend the majority of your time and energy on people leadership?
Management
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?
Careers
What to do when a too-heavy workload is stressing you out
Feeling overworked? Ideally, you can simply take things off your plate. But there are other ways, including figuring out what NOT to do and how technology can help you be more productive.
Management
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.
Management
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.
Management
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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PMI’s vision for a smoke-free future (without cigarettes)
PMI works to disrupt an industry from the inside
Management
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.
Communication
The No. 1 communication secret of great leaders: Be clear and concise
Keeping it short and sweet is a key communication skill for aspiring leaders. Here are some specific ways to get your message across quickly and effectively.
Strategy
Stop the brainstorms: Here’s the right way to foster change-making conversations
Brainstorming is often too formal and restrictive. Learn a better process for surfacing ideas and taking action from Patti Johnson, who outlines 4 ways to set the stage for innovation.
Management
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.
Management
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.
Management
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.
Communication
Maybe slap your face before your next presentation
A pre-presentation ritual will help reduce jitters, add energy and build confidence before facing your audience. Learn what Stephen Colbert does, plus some tips that might work for you.
Management
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.
Management
What’s your view of working on weekends?
The most recent SmartBrief on Leadership poll question: What's your view of working on weekends?
Management
Why energy is so important for leaders
People's energy levels, and kinds of energy, play a demonstrable role in their actions, and this is important information for leaders.
Management
Mongers wanted: Why expertise plus calling equals success
"Monger" is a unique combination of knowledge and passion that is rare to see and intoxicating to experience. Here's why being a monger might be a worthy career goal.
Management
Why leaders need to know the difference between teams and rosters
Aaron Rodgers' ongoing dispute with the Green Bay Packers suggests that great organizations are defined by the living culture, not what they look like on paper. This lesson extends beyond sports and should concern all leaders.
Management
How to manage high-conflict through resistance training
Understanding how you and co-workers resist conflict can help everyone manage these situations better. Read on for a deeper dive for leaders and managers.
Inspiration
Here are the habits of employees who lead without the title
Your organization likely has great leaders, doing great work, despite not have the formal authority or title. How can you recogize and elevate these leaders?
Management
Develop your presentation media: The slide deck
Don't default to PowerPoint. Understand why a slide deck exists and how it can enhance your public speaking and presentation style.
HR
A new framework for HR in a “work from anywhere” economy
Global organizations need HR leaders with global intellect, acumen and agility if they're to make the best decisions for the workforce and company.
Inspiration
4 ways to encourage people to do what needs to be done
People will resist when they don't feel they have autonomy. Help them disover their choice with these 4 tips.
Leadership
How would you characterize the majority of people in your organization?
The most recent SmartBrief on Leadership poll question: How would you characterize the majority of people in your organization?
Management
With culture assessments, should you survey everyone or just a small sample?
Employee assessments can give you valuable insight into your culture, so get everyone's take. Sampling feels like a shortcut but can be damaging in the long run.
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Leadership tips for hybrid teams
It is clear that the hybrid model of work, which includes some combination of on-site and remote workers, is likely to remain popular across the workforce landscape.
Management
Leverage passion or pay? How to stem the talent exodus
Many Americans are quitting their jobs, fed up with work or responding to pressure to return to pre-pandemic norms. How can leaders support employee fulfillment -- and increase retention?
Management
Why your next project needs an approval workflow
Projects go better when there's a clear path to approval. This Jotform exec offers a guide to creating such a workflow for your team or company.
Management
How mindfulness can help you become more efficient and effective
Mindfulness is a powerful, science-backed tool. Are you using it to your advantage in your career growth?
Communication
What you say matters: Bring executive presence to your presentation
When you present to leadership, you belong. Act like it, and don't rush.
Management
What does the future of work look like?
SmartBrief and TechRadar Pro surveyed over 1,200 US-based professionals.
Management
The 6 talent futures
How can you continuously develop talent for the moment? It starts with a clear, data-driven understanding of the talent groups you have and their futures.
Management
How to remove distractors from your workday
Distractions are your enemy. Here's a guide to understanding those distractions and forming a plan against them.
Strategy
How to do CSR right and build stakeholder trust
How can an effective corporate social responsibility program build trust?
Management
This is not a forever virtual business world
Work won't remain virtual forever, and there are good reasons for that. Here's a look at what to expect next.
Management
To cope with labor shortages, raise emotional compensation
Compensation is top of mind as organizations try to retain employees. Along with pay and benefits, emotional compensation will mean the difference between retention and turnover.
Management
The ABCs of responding to the Great (or not so great) Resignation
Resignations recently hit an all-time high. You can't prevent every employee departure, but proactive leadership can retain more people and make for smoother offboarding.