Leadership

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Help me help you: How to get more from coaching

Coaching is a great way for leaders to reach the next level. Here's advice from an expert on how to get more out of coaching.

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Leadership

Employees are fed up with lousy cultures and bad bosses

Employees are fed up with not being valued, and they're willing to quit. How should employers and leaders respond?

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Careers

Why owning your value is essential for career and life

Burnout and misaligned values can affect even rock star executives. Learn more from former executives about owning your value.

Communication

Close the loop

One simple mistake leaders make when communicating and collaborating is forgetting to close the loop after a decision is made.

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Leadership

4 commitments leaders can cultivate to compound the impact of their work

Weaving Influence founder and CEO Becky Robinson shares the 4 commitments she's found are essential for leaders.

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Inspiration

How a simple choice can change your life for the better

How can you change your life for the better? It starts with morals, values and goals.

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Leadership

Let’s call it a retention review

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.

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Leadership

Why the 7S model could help your organization align

The 7S model can help organizations stay aligned from senior executives on down. Learn more about how the revised 7S model works in practice.

Leadership

How to add autonomy to your remote team culture

Remote work can lead to overwork. Here are four ways leaders can take pressure off their remote team culture.

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Careers

Why don’t women brag at work? How to practice self-promotion

Women face many barriers to upward mobility in the workplace, but practicing self-promotion doesn't have to be among them. Here are 4 tips.

HR

Listen to employees’ questions to stop their exits

Can you hear me now? Companies that listen to – and really hear – employees’ questions are more likely to avoid costly replacement hiring and onboarding.

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Communication

Negotiate better: How to increase your leadership skills

Negotiate better by learning what leadership abilities and body language skills you need.

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Leadership

How to strengthen workplace connections outside your team

Workplace connections have been strengthened within teams, but distant ties around organizations have weakened. Here's how to fix that.

HR

3 innovative ways employers can combat The Great Resignation

Retaining and attracting employees during The Great Resignation depends on innovative thinking.

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Careers

Take a regular day of rest

Making room in life for a sabbath is a good practice for anyone, even if you're not religious. Learn more in this video and transcript.

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Inspiration

Deepa Purushothaman: Being first need not be “the only”

Deepa Purushothaman shares with John Baldoni the challenges women of color have long faced in the corporate world and what needs to change.

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HR

How smart businesses are addressing employee well-being

How to improve employee well-being -- and your company

Leadership

Why these questions can help leaders assess context

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.

Leadership

Businesses that tighten up get hurt

Companies age, just like people, and they'll tighten up unless they have the right planning, the right exercises and the right precautions.

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Inspiration

3 strategies for helping leaders extinguish collective burnout

Leaders must remain vigilant against collective burnout among their employees, as even highly engaged employees are vulnerable.

HR

Win the war for talent with 4 simple questions

The war for talent doesn't have to be a losing battle, especially if leaders ask these 4 key questions of their employees.

Inspiration

How leaders can inspire accountability

Leaders can struggle with accountability when it feels like a threat. Here's how to make accountability into a positive, supportive goal.

Leadership

Smart ways employers can help with child care, improve the economy

Our workforce needs more effective access to child care, and employers have the tools to help.

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Leadership

Which competitive strategy? Get clear about how you want to play

What's your competitive strategy? The details may differ, but you're likely to fall into one of 4 categories.

Leadership

Why you need to rethink your approach to power in the workplace

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."

Leadership

Best practices for effectively managing global teams

Hybrid workplaces are here to stay, especially in global teams. Learn from Tellius CEO Ajay Khanna how his company's making it work.

Leadership

12 behaviors that leaders should avoid

While advice on behaviors that leaders should avoid can be helpful, it's even better to also suggest what leaders should do instead.

Leadership

What you need to know about leading and mentoring high achievers

Here's what you need to know about leading and mentoring high achievers, starting with understand what motivates and energizes them.

Communication

The missing link in your leadership: Build meaningful feedback loops

Feedback loops can be a powerful tool for leaders, provided they are adapted to the organization’s and leader’s specific needs.

Leadership

Are you leading a team or a group?

Leading a team and leading a group can look similar, but the differences have vast implications for your leadership and organization.

What leaders must learn from P&O Ferries and the Great Resignation

Leadership

What leaders can learn from P&O Ferries and the Great Resignation

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.