How should you handle this unsolicited advice? Ideally, with grace, while maintaining confidence. But that isn’t always easy. Here are some tips that you might find useful next time you are hit with a piece of advice you didn’t ask for.
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As Gen X reaches retirement and Gen Z starts to leave college and start their careers, the landscape of the workplace will start to change significantly. As leaders, how do we adapt to this? What should we do differently with Gen Z?
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Mistakes are inevitable; nobody is perfect, and we all make missteps occasionally. Most of the time, these faults don’t define us. Rather, how we respond to lapses in care or judgment can make a significant difference.
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Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) is one of the most popular measurements of company culture. But it isn’t perfect, and needs to be considered among other KPIs to get a full picture.
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Surface-level conversations can only offer surface-level replies. Learn how to craft questions in a way that encourages dialogue and forms connections.
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Achieving self-awareness in leadership is not just crucial for personal and professional growth—it's a superpower. Learn how to utilize internal and external self-awareness.
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Here are 5 examples of innovative company culture that you can use as inspiration from Zappos, Southwest, Patagonia, Hubspot, and Salesforce.
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Resilience is the anchor in the turbulent seas of leadership. It is through resilience that we survive and even thrive during difficult times. We can’t change the crisis, but we can change how we react to it.
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Discipline is the cool cousin of self-care. Discipline is not about restriction; it's about liberation – more discipline creates more discipline. Habit formation is key to forming discipline in your life - so join us as we investigate how to build habits in your life.
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You don’t need to have all the answers. We all want to have solutions – but there may be a better way of approaching challenges that’s more empowering to employees. How can we avoid the ‘fix-it’ mentality and ask the right questions to spark creativity and resilience?
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Is it really a big deal if you cancel that one-on-one meeting with a direct report? A seemingly small schedule change can have much bigger implications and a profound impact on trust within the workplace.
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The power of appreciation cannot be overstated – if you aren’t using positive feedback in your favor and being thoughtful about how you are executing praise, then you are missing out.
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Over the last 10 years, the phrase “emotional labor” has made its way from the fringes of management and therapy into the lexicon of the mainstream workforce. It’s a focal point in the leadership landscape, and part of the everyday considerations of most leaders.
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Companies are piling on more responsibilities and expecting leaders to achieve the impossible with limited resources. Self-employed workers and entrepreneurs deal with constant guilt and pressure when it comes to rest, recharge, and relaxation. But here’s the secret - it's not about doing more; it's about doing the right things at the right time and setting boundaries to protect your well-being.
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Personality testing is a $2bn industry, growing at around 15% each year. Beyond the whimsical Facebook surveys, companies often use these personality assessments as a way of categorizing our work style, and even our potential for success. But are all these assessments equally reliable and valid? Well, no – not always.
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6% of employees took sabbaticals in January 2022 - roughly double the rate from January 2019. The data speaks for itself – sabbaticals are becoming more and more common in the workplace, and for good reason. They give an opportunity to rest and recharge and allow employees to take a mental health break from the work they are doing – emphasizing a culture of well-being. But there can be a lot of pitfalls, and many companies don’t use them properly.
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Kitchen appliances, entertainment systems, power tools, and even cars all come with user manuals that tell you how to use them properly. Wouldn’t it be awesome if employees had the same thing? Now they can, with many leaders turning to an innovative tool called Work Style Guides or Employee User Manuals.
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The world has changed for good - and we need to redefine how we look at culture and connectivity now that so much of our world has become virtual.
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In the realm of leadership, one quality stands out above the rest: awareness. The ability to cultivate self-awareness and remain attuned to one's surroundings is a fundamental trait that separates exceptional leaders from average ones. So, as a leader, how do you foster awareness and process as much information as possible?
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In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the profound importance of mental health, especially among the younger generation as they enter the workforce. Gen Z, the cohort born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, has emerged as strong advocates for prioritizing mental well-being in their professional lives. Mental health is a non-negotiable for Gen Z. Their genuine dedication to mental well-being is transforming the work landscape. Prioritizing warmth and compassion is crucial for both moral and economic reasons.
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