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4 Critical Communication Skills for Managing Up with Style and Grace

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Managing up well will build your influence, reduce stress, and improve your teams performance. Managing up means strengthening the relationship, communicating more effectively, and creating the conditions for more productive, strategic conversations. What is their manager focused on? How do I change my boss?

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When You’re the Scapegoat: Powerful Phrases to Address Unfair Blame

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To get back in a constructive state of mind. When people feel heard, they’re often more willing to engage constructively. Even if you’re caught off guard, take the opportunity to calmly address the accusations and offer a constructive path forward. And of course, neither of these helps you.

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How to Handle Accountability Conversations: 6 Tough Questions, Answered

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Because Clear, Constructive Feedback Shouldnt Feel Like a Wrestling Match You want your team to succeedand you want them to grow. I want to help, and we need to keep this constructive. And you know that means having real accountability conversations, even when theyre tough. The good news? I understand youre frustrated.

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Reader’s Choice: Your Favorite Human-Centered Leadership Content of 2024

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This article unpacks how to manage confidential information with integrity and professionalism. Readers loved the practical scripts to keep the dialogue constructive instead of shutting it down. Key takeaway: Trust is built not only by what you share but by what you safeguard. Key takeaway: Respectful disagreement is an art.

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Top Techniques for Coaching Your Contact Center Agents

Speaker: Francoise Tourniaire - Founder of FT Works, Omid Razavi - Chief Advocacy Officer at SupportLogic, and Gregory Walker - Senior Product Manager at SupportLogic

In this presentation, we will discuss the five critical components for building a successful coaching program that uses AI to allow managers and agents to engage in constructive dialogue to reduce burnout and increase employee engagement.

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How to Be Manager When Your Employees Are Older Than You

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Awkward news: You’re younger than the employees you’ll be managing. However, it has been known to make young managers uncomfortable or nervous. How can you effectively manage employees with far greater work and life experience? How can you effectively manage employees with far greater work and life experience?

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How to Disagree with Your Boss Without Derailing Your Career

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Your Ability to Disagree with Your Boss Constructively is a Game-Changing Leadership Skill Ever faced one of those moments when your boss rolls out a decision and your gut screams, Nope!? In fact, we regularly hear from senior leaders who crave constructive pushback. Not every manager is open to feedback.

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