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6 vital workplace skills you’ll need to succeed in the future

Career Advancement

“The day you convince yourself that you’ve mastered your craft or profession or even your relationships, is the day you cease to live.” ~ Carlos Wallace. Many employees believe that if they continue doing what’s expected of them, they’ll always have a job.

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4 Solutions to Imposter Syndrome

On The Job

Imposter syndrome is something that affects most of us at one time or another, but many people don't know what to do about it when it hits them.

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What Employees are Yearning For in Remote One-on-Ones

Let's Grow Leaders

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Europe’s Start-Up Ecosystem: Heating Up, but Still Facing Challenges

Kim Baroudy, Jonatan Janmark, Tobias Strålin, Abhi Satyavarapu and Zeno Ziemke

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How to Build Your Creative Resilience

Creativity at Work

How to Build Your Creative ResilienceWhen faced with disruptive change and turmoil we are called upon to be resilient We are all on a Hero's Journey these days, as we endure the COVID pandemic.

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Protesters in Boston are setting off fireworks all night every night. And it’s working.

Penelope Trunk

Right after George Floyd was killed, there were fireworks in my neighborhood. All night long. I live in Roxbury, on a sliver of Boston between two gang territories. So I assumed the noise was gunshots. But a few days later, fireworks actually lit up the sky. At 1am.

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7 Work From Home Tips To Maximize Your Productivity

Vantage Circle

When you are working from home, you have enough flexibility to do your job. But this luxury can often turn into a missed opportunity if not planned accordingly. They say work from home can be your litmus paper to your productivity.

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How to Demonstrate Teamwork in the Workplace

CMOE

Great teamwork is essential for surviving, thriving, and being exceptional in the modern workplace. It’s impossible for a team to innovate, stand out, or add superior value without superior teamwork skills. Individual talent just isn’t enough.

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How Transformational Coaching Works

Universal Coach Institute

Transformational coaching goes beyond the surface of working with clients and works with clients from the inside-out. In this post, I will share with you the process of how transformational coaching works.

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How to Influence others at Work

Career Advancement

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ” ~ Ken Blanchard. Haleigh had been working for months to enhance others’ perception of her. She felt like she was slipping under the radar and needed to increase her visibility in her organization.

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How to Increase your Visibility at Work

Career Advancement

“Recognition happens when you see yourself from the inside-out: as someone who can make an impact on the world instead of navigating the impact the world has on you.” Justine Musk.

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Learn How to Say "No" at Work

On The Job

When the job market is tough like it is now, it's very difficult to say "no." You don't want to say "no" to a request from a colleague for fear of not being seen as a team player. You don't want to say "no" to a boss for fear of being fired.

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How To Lead In The Midst Of Urgent, Rapid Change And Strain

Let's Grow Leaders

Lead through rapid change with calm clarity When he started work that week, “Aaron” didn’t know that he’d be asked to guide his team through a coronavirus response, but within just a few days the situation was urgent. Major clients were making […].

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COVID-19 and learning loss—disparities grow and students need help

McKinsey

The pandemic has set back learning for all students, but especially for students of color. Evidence-based acceleration approaches can help. Public & Social Sector Insights

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Do Positive or Negative Emotions Make You More Creative?

Creativity at Work

Do Positive or Negative Emotions Make You More Creative?Conventional Conventional wisdom from the field of psychology tells us that positive emotions are most conducive to creativity while negative emotions are detrimental.

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Doctors will stop giving an ADHD diagnosis. Here’s why.

Penelope Trunk

Recently a flurry of articles about academic overachievers appeared in scientific journals. Specifically, the research found that people with a diagnosis of Autism were more frequently high achievers in school. And people diagnosed with ADHD were more frequently low achievers in school.

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Biggest Challenges of HR Professionals in COVID-19 Pandemic

Vantage Circle

Who on earth has ever thought of the challenges that 2020 would bring? HR professionals have certainly not imagined the challenges that COVID-19 has dawned on them.

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5 Tips for Working Without Direct Supervision

Eat Your Career

As I write this, we are in the midst of a global pandemic, which has changed the way we live and work. Many professionals are working from hom e for the first time.

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Five Leadership Qualities that Motivate Others During a Crisis

CMOE

Even in the best of times, being a leader can be challenging. Now the shock generated by the COVID19 virus has produced new and unexpected challenges that have left many leaders struggling to adapt. Moments like this have multiple and varied impacts.

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Leadership in Turbulent Times: 9 Ways to Embrace Change

Career Advancement

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” ” – Peter Drucker. Do you feel like you’re just treading water right now, trying to keep your team afloat? To lead through challenging times, you must embrace change.

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7 Quick and Easy Ways to Prioritize Your Mental health & Wellbeing

Career Advancement

“It’s up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind.” ? Steve Maraboli. The spread of COVID-19 has brought dramatic changes upon workplaces around the world.

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4 Tips for Improving Work/Life Balance

Career Advancement

“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.” ” ~ Arianna Huffington.

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The Best Way to Help Employees Feel More Positive

On The Job

Telling employees not to worry these days or to "be happy and look on the bright side" isn't very helpful when it comes to motivation. The times right now are too uncertain, too tough, to think that such platitudes will work.

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How To Change Your Mind and Not Lose Their Trust and Support

Let's Grow Leaders

Does this sound familiar? You started the year with a clear vision and direction. You’ve rallied people around that vision and worked hard to engage everyone’s hearts and minds. You connected what to why. And had brilliant momentum. No one ever anticipated […].

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The State of Fashion 2021: In search of promise in perilous times

McKinsey

In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate industry trends, with shopping shifting to digital channels and consumers continuing to champion fairness and social justice. Retail Insights

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How to Improve Your Powers of Observation

Creativity at Work

How to Improve Your Powers of ObservationWhy you need to sharpen your powers of observation Highly successful Innovators including artists, designers, scientists, and entrepreneurs, tend to be keen observers of the world around them.

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Kobe Bryant confessed to rape. That’s part of his story.

Penelope Trunk

As we sat down to dinner last night, my son said, “Look. Kobe died.” ” I looked at the phone screen. My first thought was: he was so young and oh my gosh his daughter. My next thought was: the rape.

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5 Incredible Techniques To Develop An Innovation Culture

Vantage Circle

In the last two decades, humanity has made more progress than in the previous century alone. That says one thing about innovation- it’s inevitable. Cultivating an innovation culture is a must to ensure that your company is able to leave its mark.

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Task vs. Project: What’s the Difference? (Video)

Eat Your Career

This video is an excerpt from a live training webinar hosted by Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video and worksheet are available in the Career Success Library. The topic of this webinar was, “How to Speak the Language of Project Management.”

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The Effective-Delegation Checklist [Download Included]

CMOE

Managers who try to do everything themselves will get overwhelmed—and worse, they’ll produce lackluster work. This is why delegating work is essential. When done in the right way, delegation empowers employees in their roles and contributes to their professional development.

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How to Support Your Team During an Unexpected Layoff

Let's Grow Leaders

My heart has been breaking all day. I’ve been doing the best I can with the onslaught of phone calls, emails, and texts from incredible leaders in the emotional throes of an unexpected layoff. “I’ve been laid off.” ” “I had to lay […].

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6 Essential Skills for Future Leaders

Career Advancement

“Time and time again, our species has escaped existential threats by reinventing ourselves, finding new skills not coded in our genes to survive new challenges not previously encountered.” – David Grinspoon.

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How to Lead Decisively When You Don’t Know What’s Next

Let's Grow Leaders

How do you lead decisively when you just don’t know what’s coming next? You don’t know what you don’t know, and even what you DO know you know could change. In a recent conversation, with “Joe” a senior leader in the assisted […].

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5 Tips for Starting a New Job Remotely

On The Job

Many companies have been great about keeping their job commitments to new hires or even interns in the midst of a global pandemic.

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How to Get Better at Remote Small Talk

Let's Grow Leaders

“Yeah, I don’t do small talk.” ” “My team understands, I’m cool with THEIR chit chat in-between meetings, but I don’t really have time for that stuff. I’m all business. That’s why I’m so productive.”

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Overcoming pandemic fatigue: How to reenergize organizations for the long run

McKinsey

Leaders must actively manage the energy of their workforces, cultivate the quality of employee relationships, and demonstrate a capacity for resilience to recharge their organizations during crises. Insights on Organization

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Free Virtual Workshops On Demand: Enhance Your Well-being with Creativity and the Arts

Creativity at Work